pareidolia

Etymology
Borrowed from, constructed from +  +.

Noun

 * 1)  The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَارِيدُولِيَا
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 空想性錯視
 * Czech: pareidolie
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pareidolia
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 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: pareidolia
 * Macedonian: пареидо́лија
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: pareidolia
 * Romanian: pareidolie
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: pareidoli
 * Turkish: pareidolia

Etymology
From +.

Etymology
From +.

Etymology
From +.

Noun

 * 1)  tendency to interpret vague stimuli as something familiar