apofenia
Portuguese, noun/a.po.feˈni.ɐ/
apofenia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apophenia (the perception of connectedness in unrelated phenomena)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does apofenia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapophenia (the perception of connectedness in unrelated phenomena)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of apofenia
- apofenias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apofenia?
- Brazil /a.po.feˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɐ.pɔ.fɨˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apofenia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apofenia in Portuguese?
apofenia appears about once in every 89 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).