patternicity
English
Etymology
From pattern + -icity; coined by Michael Shermer in 2008.
Noun
patternicity (countable and uncountable, plural patternicities)
- The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.
- Coordinate term: agenticity
References
- http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns