apofenia

See also: apofènia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Apophänie, from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.feˈni.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.feˈni.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.po.feˈni.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pɔ.fɨˈni.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧po‧fe‧ni‧a

Noun

apofenia f (plural apofenias)

1. (psychology) apophenia (the perception of connectedness in unrelated phenomena)

Further reading

• “apofenia”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “apofenia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “apofenia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “apofenia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Apophänie, from Ancient Greek ἀπο- (apo-) + φαίνω (phaínō, “appear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apoˈfenja/ [a.poˈfe.nja]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: a‧po‧fe‧nia

Noun

apofenia f (plural apofenias)

1. apophenia