Seeing a human face in a cloud is an example of pareidolia.
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Pareidolia
/ˌpæɹ.aɪˈdəʊ.li.ə/
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Pareidolia is a type of apophenia.
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This last is called by Dr. Kahlbaum, changing hallucination, partial hallucination, perception of secondary images, or pareidolia.
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Pareidolia underlies several forms of divination.
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