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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