<p>It is a negative/reverse <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect" rel="nofollow noreferrer">halo effect</a>, aka a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_effect" rel="nofollow noreferrer">horns (or devil) effect</a>.</p>

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<p>I've noticed that if I agree with the political/cultural/religious views of a person, then he looks sort-of beautiful (physical appearance), even if he (or she) happens to be ugly.</p>

<p>I've also noticed that if people disagree strongly with a person's political views, they think he or she is ugly (as an example, think of the many caustic comments on the looks of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump).</p>

<p><strong>My question is: What is the name of this phenomenon?</strong></p>

<p>I know that "Attractiveness bias" is a term describing the opposite phenomenon: if a person looks beautiful, we think he's wise.</p>

<p>But I'm asking here about the <strong>opposite direction</strong>: if a person is wise (according to our subjective opinion, of course), then we think he looks beautiful. I tried googling this but couldn't come up with any discussion of this.</p>

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Attractiveness bias, based on political views
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# Attractiveness bias, based on political views

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-09-14)

I've noticed that if I agree with the political/cultural/religious views of a person, then he looks sort-of beautiful (physical appearance), even if he (or she) happens to be ugly.

I've also noticed that if people disagree strongly with a person's political views, they think he or she is ugly (as an example, think of the many caustic comments on the looks of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump).

**My question is: What is the name of this phenomenon?**

I know that "Attractiveness bias" is a term describing the opposite phenomenon: if a person looks beautiful, we think he's wise.

But I'm asking here about the **opposite direction**: if a person is wise (according to our subjective opinion, of course), then we think he looks beautiful. I tried googling this but couldn't come up with any discussion of this.

**Tags:** social-psychology, physical-attraction


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-09-16. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It is a negative/reverse [halo effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect), aka a [horns (or devil) effect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn_effect).


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