Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
nounEtymology
Named in 1994 after the West German Baader-Meinhof Group of the 1970s, when a commentator unexpectedly heard two references to the group within 24 hours. The group is named after two of its leaders, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof.
- derived from Baader-Meinhof Group of the 1970s
Definitions
A cognitive bias by which a recently learned word, concept, etc. suddenly seems to appear…
A cognitive bias by which a recently learned word, concept, etc. suddenly seems to appear with improbable frequency.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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