Usually means: Seeing patterns in random stimuli.
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  1. pareidolia: Merriam-Webster
  2. pareidolia: The Word Spy
  3. pareidolia: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pareidolia: Wordnik
  5. pareidolia: Wiktionary
  6. Pareidolia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Pareidolia: World Wide Words

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  1. pareidolia: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. Pareidolia: Glossary of Terms in Parapsychology
  2. pareidolia: The Skeptic's Dictionary

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  1. Pareidolia: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pareidolia)

noun:  (psychology) 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.

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