The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in reversed music.
noun
The tendency to interpret a vague stimulus as something known to the observer, such as interpreting marks on Mars as canals, seeing shapes in clouds, or hearing hidden messages in music.
The perception of a known form or shape in an image that depicts something else, such as the perception of animal shapes in clouds.
Grammar and declension of pareidolia
pareidolia ( countable and uncountable;pluralpareidolias)
pareidolia (countable and uncountable, pluralpareidolias)