apophenia
Definitions
The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.
Equivalents
Examples
“Apophenia, Win⟳ had declared it, after due consideration and in his careful way: the spontaneous perception of connections and meaningfulness in unrelated things. And had never, as far as Cayce knows, said another word about it.”
“How to recognize something in sheer noise? A striking visual example of pure and conscious apophenia was recently demonstrated by research⟳ labs at Google: […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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