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Word of the Day - apophenia

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apophenia

/a-pə-ˈfē-nē-ə/
noun
the tendency to perceive a connection or meaningful pattern between unrelated or random things (such as objects or ideas)

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The cat licked it's front paws, one after the other. The dog slobbered as
it chewed the rawhide "bone". Dad smiled around his pipe stem. Brother
Joey was engrossed in his comic book. Mom glared at each of them. Was
this a case of normal-family apophenia as perceived by sister Sally?

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