patternicity

== English == === Etymology === From pattern +‎ -icity; coined by Michael Shermer in 2008. === Noun === patternicity (countable and uncountable, plural patternicities) The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise. Coordinate term: agenticity === References === http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns