patternicity

English

Etymology

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

Noun

patternicity (countable and uncountable, plural patternicities)

1. The tendency to find patterns in meaningless noise.

   Coordinate term: agenticity

References

• http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns