How to pronounce pareidolia
American English pronunciation
pair-eye-DOH-lee-uh
- IPA
- /ˌpɛɹaɪˈdoʊli.ə/
- Syllables
- pair · eye · DOH · lee · uh (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What pareidolia means
Seeing faces or shapes in random things like clouds
In a sentence: Thanks to pareidolia, two knots and a crack in the tree looked like a grumpy face.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from German, made from Greek parts meaning "beside" and "image."
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