Word of the Day 06/05/24 Pareidolia
Pareidolia (noun)
pareidolia [ pair-ahy-doh-lee-uh, pair-uh- ]
noun
1. the illusory perception of meaningful patterns or images of familiar things in random or amorphous data, as a face seen on the moon.
Origin: First recorded in 1960-65; from German Pareidolien, plural of Pareidolie, equivalent to par(a)- 1( def ) + eidol(on) ( def ) + -ia ( def ), reinterpreted as a singular noun
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pareidolia [ pair-ahy-doh-lee-uh, pair-uh- ]
noun
1. the illusory perception of meaningful patterns or images of familiar things in random or amorphous data, as a face seen on the moon.
Origin: First recorded in 1960-65; from German Pareidolien, plural of Pareidolie, equivalent to par(a)- 1( def ) + eidol(on) ( def ) + -ia ( def ), reinterpreted as a singular noun
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.