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Meaning of apophenia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/æpəˈfiːni.ə/

Definitions

The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Apophänie
Español apofenia
Français apophénie
Italiano apofenia
日本語 アポフェニア
Nederlands apofenie
Português apofenia
Русский апофени́я

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.

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