APOPHENIA

Etymology

Noun

apophenia (countable and uncountable, plural apophenias)

(psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.

Hyponyms: pareidolia, Monte Carlo fallacy

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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Coffee Trivia

Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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