Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and
random stimulus (often an image or sound) being perceived as
significant. Common examples include seeing images of animals or faces
in clouds, the man in the moon or the Moon rabbit, and hearing hidden
messages on records when played in reverse.
The word comes from the Greek words para ("beside, alongside, instead") in this context meaning something faulty, wrong, instead of; and the noun eidôlon ("image, form, shape") the diminutive of eidos.
The word comes from the Greek words para ("beside, alongside, instead") in this context meaning something faulty, wrong, instead of; and the noun eidôlon ("image, form, shape") the diminutive of eidos.
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