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单词 pareidolia
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Definition of pareidolia in English:

pareidolia

nounparɪˈdəʊlɪəˌpɛriˈdoʊliə
mass noun
  • The perception of apparently significant patterns or recognizable images, especially faces, in random or accidental arrangements of shapes and lines.

    there could be a mysterious stone coffin on Mars, or, more likely, it's just the latest example of pareidolia

Origin

1960s (as a plural noun): from German Pareidolien, from Greek para (see para-) + eidōlon ‘image’, from eidos ‘form, shape’.

 
 

Definition of pareidolia in US English:

pareidolia

nounˌpɛriˈdoʊliəˌperēˈdōlēə
  • The perception of apparently significant patterns or recognizable images, especially faces, in random or accidental arrangements of shapes and lines.

    there could be a mysterious stone coffin on Mars, or, more likely, it's just the latest example of pareidolia

Origin

1960s (as a plural noun): from German Pareidolien, from Greek para (see para-) + eidōlon ‘image’, from eidos ‘form, shape’.

 
 
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