Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

patternicity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pat-ter-nic-i-ty
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pattern + -icity; coined by Michael Shermer in 2008.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

patternicities (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

agenticity

Questions

What does patternicity mean?
The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.
Where does patternicity come from?
From pattern + -icity; coined by Michael Shermer in 2008.

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