Veriphenia
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Veriphenia is a phenomenon where a pattern that appears to be coincidental or superstitious turns out to be genuine. From Latin veritas (truth) and Greek phainein (to appear): "true appearing."
Contrast With Apophenia[edit]
Apophenia is the tendency to spot patterns between unrelated things. Veriphenia could be, in some sense, "appears to be Apophenia but later proves not to be".
