pareidolia
/ (ˌpæraɪˈdəʊlɪə) /
noun
the imagined perception of a pattern or meaning where it does not actually exist, as in considering the moon to have human features
Nearby words
pardy, pare, parecious, paregmenon, paregoric, pareidolia, pareira, pareira brava, paren., parenchyma, parenchymatitis
Word Origin for pareidolia
C20: from para- 4 + eidolon
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