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The meaning of the word "Uncanny" in English


Uncanny a. : Not canny; unsafe; strange; weird; ghostly.

Example:
What is and example of Uncanny in Lord of the Flies?

Taxonomy
unheimlich, the Uncanny, anxiety, robot, eyes, Sigmund Freud, free encyclopedia, Ernst Jentsch, element, punishment, emotional response, cast, cognitive dissonance, Unheimliche, repulsed, theories, Etymology, life-like.

Defination from the web:
uncanny is familiar, yet strange, it often creates cognitive dissonance within the experiencing subject due to the paradoxical nature ... The state is first identified by Ernst Jentsch in a 1906 essay, On the Psychology of the Uncanny. ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) eldritch
  (adjective) weird
  (adjective) unearthly
  (adjective) preternatural
similar terms
  (adjective) extraordinary
  (adjective) supernatural


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