apophenia

== English == === Etymology === From German Apophänie, from Ancient Greek ἀποφαίνω (apophaínō, “to appear”), from ἀπο- (apo-) and φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”), coined by German psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in 1958. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /æpəˈfiːni.ə/ === Noun === apophenia (countable and uncountable, plural apophenias) (psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena. Hyponyms: pareidolia, Monte Carlo fallacy ==== Derived terms ==== apophenic ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === apophenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia