Tuesday word: Paregmenon
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Paregmenon (noun)
paregmenon [ puh-reg-muh-non ]
noun, Rhetoric.
1. the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”
Origin: 1670–80; < Greek parēgménon derived, neuter of perfect passive past participle of parágein to bring side by side, derive. See par-, paragon
Examples of 'pareidolia' in a sentence
Rationality insists that this is pareidolia – the tendency to perceive patterns in abstract stimuli.
The Guardian (2019)
Face pareidolia – seeing faces in random objects or patterns of light and shadow – is an everyday phenomenon.
The Guardian (2021)
Our brains are so eager to spot faces that this accounts for the most common form of pareidolia, the human tendency to make meaningful shapes out of random patterns.
The Guardian (2021)
One possibility is pareidolia, where the mind ' sees' patterns that are not there.
The Sun (2013)
Seeing patterns in randomness is known by psychologists as pareidolia.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This summer there were some great opportunities for pareidolia in cumulus clouds that were full of fascinating shapes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pareidolia is a phenomenon rarely heard of but is so common that everyone has experienced it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Boffins say our brains are wired to look for faces in objects, calling the phenomenon pareidolia.
The Sun (2012)
Paregmenon (noun)
paregmenon [ puh-reg-muh-non ]
noun, Rhetoric.
1. the juxtaposition of words that have a common derivation, as in “sense and sensibility.”
Origin: 1670–80; < Greek parēgménon derived, neuter of perfect passive past participle of parágein to bring side by side, derive. See par-, paragon
Examples of 'pareidolia' in a sentence
Rationality insists that this is pareidolia – the tendency to perceive patterns in abstract stimuli.
The Guardian (2019)
Face pareidolia – seeing faces in random objects or patterns of light and shadow – is an everyday phenomenon.
The Guardian (2021)
Our brains are so eager to spot faces that this accounts for the most common form of pareidolia, the human tendency to make meaningful shapes out of random patterns.
The Guardian (2021)
One possibility is pareidolia, where the mind ' sees' patterns that are not there.
The Sun (2013)
Seeing patterns in randomness is known by psychologists as pareidolia.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This summer there were some great opportunities for pareidolia in cumulus clouds that were full of fascinating shapes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Pareidolia is a phenomenon rarely heard of but is so common that everyone has experienced it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Boffins say our brains are wired to look for faces in objects, calling the phenomenon pareidolia.
The Sun (2012)
