patternicity

English

Etymology

From pattern +‎ -icity; coined by Michael Shermer in 2008.

Noun

patternicity (countable and uncountable, plural patternicities)

  1. The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.
    Coordinate term: agenticity

References

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