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cocktail party effect

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Etymology

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Suggesting a party where many groups of people are talking at the same time.

Noun

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cocktail party effect (plural cocktail party effects)

  1. The ability (or the difficulty) of focusing one's attention on a single auditory source in a jumble of noises.