For example, when you buy a car, you start becoming more aware of cars with a similar make and model. The number of that type of car hasn’t increased, but your awareness of it has.
Similarly, when you learn a new word, you start hearing the same word used in different places. You probably just filtered the word out previously, but now you’ve become aware of it.
How do you describe the phenomenon when you become more aware of something after an initial or significant exposure or experience with that thing? What term or word can you use?
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It is called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon or the frequency illusion.
Baader-Meinhof is the phenomenon where one stumbles upon some obscure piece of information—often an unfamiliar word or name—and soon afterwards encounters the same subject again, often repeatedly. Anytime the phrase “That’s so weird, I just heard about that yesterday” would be appropriate, the utterer is hip-deep in Baader-Meinhof.
damninteresting.com / The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, by Alan Bellows, March 2006
Stanford linguistics professor Arnold Zwicky coined [the term «frequency illusion«] in 2006 to describe the syndrome in which a concept or thing you just found out about suddenly seems to crop up everywhere.
It’s caused, he wrote, by two psychological processes. The first, selective attention, kicks in when you’re struck by a new word, thing, or idea; after that, you unconsciously keep an eye out for it, and as a result find it surprisingly often. The second process, confirmation bias, reassures you that each sighting is further proof of your impression that the thing has gained overnight omnipresence.
psmag.com / There’s a Name for That: The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon / by Pacific Standard staff
Additional reading:
itre.cis.upenn.edu / Just Between Dr. Language and I / by Arnold Zwicky on Language Log
Update, July 2022:
Since then, OED1 has added the definitions for both terms as well:
- Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, from 1994:
attributive. Designating a quirk of perception whereby a phenomenon to which one is newly alert suddenly seems ubiquitous. Chiefly in Baader-Meinhof phenomenon.
Also called the frequency illusion
- frequency illusion, from 2005:
n. a quirk of perception whereby a phenomenonbr>to which one is newly alert suddenly seems ubiquitous.
Also called the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon
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answered Feb 20, 2014 at 22:30
ermanenermanen
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I’ve called it red car syndrome for decades, but apparently to the world at large it’s…
Blue Car Syndrome — a whole article there, but it’s perfectly well defined in UrbanDictionary as…
The act of seeing or hearing something and then suddenly seeing it everywhere.
You buy a blue car, and suddenly you notice blue cars everywhere.
Technically, as ermanen notes, it’s a type of cognitive bias called the Frequency Illusion.
answered Feb 20, 2014 at 22:45
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One term to describe the phenomenon is priming
Priming is an implicit memory effect in which exposure to a stimulus influences a response to a later stimulus. It can occur following perceptual, semantic, or conceptual stimulus repetition. For example, if a person reads a list of words including the word table, and is later asked to complete a word starting with tab, the probability that he or she will answer table is greater than if they are not primed.
There is an excellent discussion of this in the recent bestseller, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, in which he explains how priming (also called anchoring) influences our attitudes and decision making.
Kahneman offers a brief discussion of it here.
answered Feb 20, 2014 at 22:32
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I’ve heard it called «tuning». As in, you tune (consciously or not) your mind to notice a certain pattern.
You can become «attuned» to it.
Here’s a reference (though I’m not a fan of woo stuff): http://bigstatebiglife.com/resonates-life-purpose/
answered Feb 21, 2014 at 11:45
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A heightened sense of awareness is one way to describe this phenomenon but related words with slightly different definitions include:
«synchronicity» — «Synchronicity is a concept developed by psychologist Carl Jung to describe a perceived meaningful coincidence. Jung described synchronicity as an «acausal connecting principle» in which events, both large and small, in the external world might align to the experience of the individual, perhaps mirroring or echoing personal concerns or thoughts.»*
«apophenia» «…the human tendency to seek and perceive connections between unrelated phenomena»*
«serendipity»:
- the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.
*From a posting by Margaret Rouse on Whatis.techtarget.com
answered Feb 20, 2014 at 22:27
Kristina LopezKristina Lopez
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I would say that you are now enlightened young grasshopper.
answered Feb 21, 2014 at 19:08
RyeɃreḁdRyeɃreḁd
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Sensitization (Merriam-Webster)
ex. At the first sound of fireworks, she dove under the table. Her childhood in a war zone had sensitized her to anything that sounded like military ordnance.
herisson
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The OP’s question does not say that the realization of the ubiquity of some particular phenomenon is, in fact, illusory. Yet many of the answers seem to suppose this. I understood the question as describing someone who has recently been exposed to the existence of a thing or a concept that they were not aware of before, and, as a consequence, they began paying attention to it, and have now opened their eyes to the thing’s prevalence and come to realize its pervasiveness.
answered Feb 24, 2014 at 3:58
You have become cognizant:
knowledgeable of something especially through personal experience
(Merriam-Webster)
herisson
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answered Feb 21, 2014 at 15:39
A simple word is just Dawn:
become evident to the mind; be perceived or understood.
«the awful truth was beginning to dawn on him»
synonyms:
occur to, come to, strike, hit, enter someone’s mind, register with, enter someone’s consciousness, cross someone’s mind, suggest itself«the reality dawned on him»
(from Oxford Dictionaries through Google)
answered Feb 21, 2014 at 18:19
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I’ve heard this referred to as the «plate of shrimp» phenomenon, after dialogue from the movie Repo Man:
A lot of people don’t realize what’s really going on. They view life as a bunch of unconnected incidents and things. They don’t realize that there’s this, like, lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. Give you an example, show you what I mean: suppose you’re thinkin’ about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly someone’ll say, like, «plate,» or «shrimp,» or «plate of shrimp» out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin’ for one, either. It’s all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.
answered Feb 22, 2014 at 20:15
Nearly six years late to this party but I think it’s worth saying that the term «frequency illusion» which ermanen gave in their answer doesn’t hit the nail on the head.
In the phenomenon that OP described, the person perceived the thing frequently, which entails it really occurring frequently, so its frequency is not an illusion. What makes the person aware of this thing is that they previously had the notion that it was rare, and have only recently noticed that it’s commoner than they thought it was. This is called the «recency illusion«, as Javid Jamae pointed out in a comment.
answered Oct 13, 2019 at 6:32
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awakened:
awakening:
- an occasion when you realize something or become aware of something
- the act of beginning to understand or feel something; the act of something starting or somebody waking
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
enlightened
enlightenment:
- knowledge about and understanding of something; the process of understanding something or making somebody understand it
(Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary)
learned:
of or showing learning or knowledge; well-informed: learned in the
ways of the world.
(Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Dictionary)
herisson
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answered Feb 23, 2014 at 15:39
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На основании Вашего запроса эти примеры могут содержать разговорную лексику.
быть более осведомлены о
лучше осознавать
быть более осведомленными о
быть более осознанным
лучше понять
лучше узнать
лучше осознать
быть более осознанными
быть более осведомленным
быть внимательнее
быть более бдительной
лучше знать о
быть более внимательным
Будьте осведомлены
Thinking about these myths will help you forgive others more sincerely and be more aware of what you do and why.
Размышление об этих мифах поможет вам более искренне прощать других и лучше понимать, что вы делаете и почему.
They must learn to be more aware of the impressions and the effects that they have on others.
Они должны научиться лучше понимать впечатления и эффекты, которые они оказывают на других.
Others could be more aware of triggers.
People need to be more aware of this eating disorder.
Coincidentally, it also allows you be more aware of your connection to everyone and therefore acts as a kindred spirit to all.
Кстати, это также позволит вам лучше понимать вашу связь с другими, следовательно, поступать как родственная душа для остальных.
Your aim is to be more aware of them, and use certain techniques to stop their power over you.
Вы должна быть более осведомлены о них, а также использовать определенные методы, чтобы остановить их власть над вами.
Grandparents should be more aware of the long-term health impact that their behavior has on their grandchildren, a new study says.
Бабушки и дедушки должны быть более осведомлены о долгосрочные последствия для здоровья, что их поведение и на их внуков, говорится в новом исследовании.
You really should be more aware.
Policy makers need to be more aware of the risks before expanding commitments.
This body may be more aware of the international rules.
You need to be more aware and acknowledge of those feelings.
They tend to be more aware of their feelings as compared to closed-minded people.
Они обычно лучше ощущают свои чувства по сравнению с закрытыми людьми.
People start to be more aware.
Money is an issue for all students, but those living abroad must be more aware of.
Деньги-это проблема для всех студентов, но те, кто живет за рубежом, должны быть более осведомлены.
Mindfulness can also encourage us to be more aware of social justice and injustice, and more sensitive to context.
Внимательность также может побудить нас более осознавать социальная справедливость и несправедливость, и более чувствительны к контексту.
The child may be more aware of inward signs.
In this way, you will be more aware of the surrounding environment if the disaster occurs at night and there is no electricity.
Таким образом, вы будете лучше осведомлены об окружающей среде, если бедствие происходит ночью и нет электричества.
By trying to be more aware of your intuitions, you can increase your sensitivity to this kind of information.
Пытаясь быть более осведомленными о вашей интуиции, вы можете увеличить вашу чувствительность к такого рода информации.
Nash wants others to be more aware of the major triggers for people whose mental illness focuses on appearance.
Нэш хочет, чтобы другие были более осведомлены об основных триггеров для людей, чьи психические заболевания фокусируется на внешний вид.
The analysis is used by investors and companies that want to be more aware of how they affect the world around them.
Анализ используется инвесторами и компаниями, которые хотят больше знать о том, как они влияют на мир вокруг.
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The new avionics will allow the crew to be more aware and reduce pilot workload.
Rescuers pay attention
to
citizens to be more aware and not unnecessarily calland on« 101& raquo;
The gathering allowed us to be more aware of our own souls and the souls of others.
Семинар позволил нам осознать наши собственные души и души других.
Senior managers might not look into all of the details, but
are
likely to be more aware of the overall picture.
Старшие управленцы могут не вникать во все детали, но они более осведомлены об общей картине.
and their duty
to
respect human rights and humanitarian law.
и об обязанности уважать права человека и нормы гуманитарного права.
In addition, it allows people to be more aware of existing environmental challenges,
and
to be
better prepared
to
prevent their negative impact.
а также
более
подготовленным к предотвращению их негативного влияния.
Lastly, police officers and
doctors
were being
trained
to
deal with cases of domestic violence and to be more aware of gender issues.
Кроме того, сотрудников полиции
и врачей обучают тому, как вести себя в случаях, связанных с насилием в семье, и быть более восприимчивыми к гендерным вопросам.
Furthermore, young people tend to be more aware about available treatment options and they are more likely
to
demand treatment as compared
to
past generations.
We all need to be more aware of each other’s capabilities in this field
in order
to
ensure that our efforts complement each other.
дабы обеспечивать, чтобы наши усилия дополняли друг друга.
This Committee has indicated its desire to be more aware of situations in the field under which humanitarian staff operate and where refugees live.
Комитет сообщил о своем желании лучше ознакомиться с условиями на местах, в которых действуют гуманитарные сотрудники и в которых живут беженцы.
The research highlights the significant barriers facing immigrant job seekers in Ireland and
identifies the need for employers to be more aware and proactive in ensuring equality of opportunity particularly
in the current labour market.
Исследование высветило существенные препятствия, с которыми сталкиваются иммигранты, ищущие работу в Ирландии, и показало,
что работодатели должны
более
глубоко осознавать эту проблему и быть более активными в обеспечении равных возможностей,
особенно на нынешнем рынке труда.
In this regard, United Nations field presences and
field agencies in particular need to be more aware of the strengths
and limitations of civil society actors in the area of conflict prevention and resolution.
В этой связи представительства и отделения Организации Объединенных Наций
и слабых сторонах субъектов гражданского общества в решении вопросов, связанных с предотвращением и регулированием конфликтов.
But the CD should respond
to
the broad multilateral desire
to
support, as appropriate,
Nuclear Weapon States’ efforts in the disarmament field; to be more aware of issues and developments; and,
to
express views on developments.
Но КР должна, откликаясь на широкие многосторонние пожелания, поддерживать соответственно усилия государств,
обладающих ядерным оружием, в области разоружения; быть больше осведомленной о соответствующих проблемах и веяниях; и высказывать мнения относительно таких веяний.
With one foot practically already in the grave, we seem to be more aware of the urgency not
to
continue
to
delay taking
essential steps
to
prevent the worst possible scenarios from becoming a reality.
Стоя одной ногой практически уже в могиле, мы, похоже, лучше осознаем насущную необходимость покончить с практикой откладывать принятие необходимых мер
во избежание того, чтобы наихудшие из возможных сценариев стали реальностью.
The report
is
aimed at providing a
means of communication among functional commissions themselves in order for them to be more aware of each other’s work and
to
overcome the isolation in which they operate.
Цель настоящего доклада заключается в том,
чтобы обеспечить связь между самими функциональными комиссиями, с тем чтобы повысить степень их информированности о работе друг друга и преодолеть ту изоляцию, в условиях которой они работают.
Lastly, referring
to
the tests conducted by India and Pakistan and the situation in the Middle East and other regions,
he urged parties
to
the Non-Proliferation Treaty to be more aware of the regional aspects of non-proliferation.
И, наконец, говоря об испытаниях, проведенных Индией и Пакистаном, а также о ситуации на Ближнем Востоке и в других регионах,
оратор призывает участников Договора о нераспространении в большей степени учитывать региональные аспекты нераспространения.
The Ministry of Human Rights had a woefully inadequate budget and necessarily relied on its foreign partners,
who needed to be more aware of the imperative need
to
support its efforts in the area of information
and education.
С учетом мизерного бюджета министерства прав человека это ведомство вынуждено рассчитывать на помощь внешних партнеров,
которые должны более ясно осознать настоятельную необходимость оказания ему помощи в предпринимаемых им усилиях по информированию и
просвещению населения.
Governments and
other stakeholders involved in the promotion of public-private partnerships need to be more aware of existing asymmetries in power relations in public-private partnerships
and multi-stakeholder corporate social responsibility initiatives, as well as various tensions that can undermine their stated objectives and contribution
to
inclusive development.
Правительства и другие заинтересованные стороны, способствующие развитию партнерских отношений между государственным и частным секторами, должны в большей степени осознавать асимметричность властных отношений
в
рамках партнерства государственного
и частного секторов и многокомпонентных инициатив корпоративной социальной ответственности, а также различные барьеры, которые могут послужить помехой для заявленных задач и вклада
в
процесс всеохватывающего развития.
There
was
a particular need
to
strengthen education policies for girls, for two main reasons:
access
to
education would enable them to be more aware of their rights and duties,
and a mother’s educational level directly affected her child’s welfare, by reducing malnutrition and mortality rates and promoting a rise in family income in the long term.
При проведении политики
в
области образования следует особое внимание уделять девочкам, и две главные причины состоят
в
том,
а уровень образования матери напрямую скажется на благополучии ребенка, сокращая уровень недоедания и смертности и
в
конечном счете благотворно повлияет на рост семейного дохода.
The sessions of the Working Group had enhanced his delegation’s understanding of the views of other countries on many aspects of financing for development. Those views had
been
transmitted
to
the competent authorities in Washington, where they had generated a considerable amount of debate and
enabled policy makers to be more aware of the concerns of other countries.
Заседания Рабочей группы позволили делегации Соединенных Штатов
более полно
понять мнения других стран по многим аспектам финансирования развития и довести их до сведения компетентных органов в Вашингтоне, которые провели углубленный анализ,
позволяющий ответственным политическим деятелям Соединенных Штатов более полно осознать проблемы других стран.
You need to be more
aware,
and not let Yoon Gae Hwa
be
hurt.
Ты должен быть более осмотрительным. Не причиняй Юн Гэ Хва боль.
In the Netherlands, youth
is being
educated to be more energy
aware
at home and
to
learn about the challenges faced in other countries.
В Нидерландах молодые люди призывают сверстников экономнее относиться к электроэнергии в своих домах и стремиться больше узнавать о трудностях, с которыми сталкиваются другие страны.
Before formulating national demand reduction plans, there
was
a need
to
establish systematic and standardized data collection systems in order
and extent of the drug abuse problems and
to
keep abreast of their changing patterns.
Прежде чем разрабатывать национальные планы деятельности по сокращению спроса, необходимо создать систематизированные и стандартизированные системы сбора данных,
с тем чтобы иметь более полное представление о характере
и масштабах проблем злоупотребления наркотиками и не отставать от изменений,
The Government of Maldives
firmly believes that the international community needs to be made more aware of the peculiar problems faced by small States
in their efforts
to
develop as peace-loving, responsible members of the international community.
Правительство Мальдивских Островов
глубоко убеждено, что международное сообщество должно быть более широко осведомлено об особых проблемах, с которыми сталкиваются малые
государства в их стремлении стать миролюбивыми, ответственными членами международного сообщества.
People are more inclined to be aware of their own behaviors since they can use their thoughts
and emotions
to
gain
more
information about themselves.
Люди более склонны осознавать свое собственное поведение, поскольку они могут использовать свои мысли и
эмоции, чтобы получить больше информации о себе.
And should national accountants
be
more
aware
of economic research agendas to be able
to
meet needs for data?
И не должны ли составители национальных счетов в большей степени интересоваться программами экономических исследований, для того чтобы быть способными удовлетворять потребности в данных?
How does the adjective aware contrast with its synonyms?
Some common synonyms of aware are alive, awake, cognizant, conscious, and sensible. While all these words mean «having knowledge of something,» aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.
aware of changes in climate
How are the words alive and sensible related as synonyms of aware?
Alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something.
alive to the thrill of danger
When could awake be used to replace aware?
While the synonyms awake and aware are close in meaning, awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.
a country always awake to the threat of invasion
When might cognizant be a better fit than aware?
While in some cases nearly identical to aware, cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.
not fully cognizant of the facts
When is it sensible to use conscious instead of aware?
In some situations, the words conscious and aware are roughly equivalent. However, conscious implies that one is focusing one’s attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.
conscious that my heart was pounding
In what contexts can sensible take the place of aware?
The words sensible and aware are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.
sensible of a teacher’s influence