Is there a word/phrase to describe the phenomenon of a word looking misspelt/alien after prolonged observation? Found myself questioning the word "hole" after looking at it too long. Seems normal now, but for a moment, despite all my instinctual reassurances, felt foreign.
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Replying to @FluidFluxation
Semantic Satiation, and quite a strange feeling indeed. Makes you briefly appreciate the symbols themselves as well as the message they convey, while losing their familiarity for a moment. You question why it sounds the way it does, why it means what it means, even its etymology
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Replying to @zithax_
There certainly feels a notion of higher truth preceding said notions, especially regarding the very nature of symbolism and the means & merits by which we define it. Believe a better explanation is found in a realm less bounded by memetic obligations.
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