apophenia

Meaning

Noun

  • The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.

Origin

  • From German Apophänie, from Ancient Greek ἀποφαίνω ("to appear"), from ἀπο- and φαίνω, coined by German psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in 1958.

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