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

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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