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Mandela effect

Mandela effect noun: the phenomenon of a large number of persons independently sharing the same false memory.

Noun

Mandela effect (plural Mandela effects)

  1. The phenomenon of a large number of persons independently sharing the same false memory.
    • It's easier to understand the scope of the Mandela effect and to come up with explanations for individual effects by taking a bird's-eye view of the landscape.2021, Rizwan Virk, The Simulated Multiverse […] , Bayview Books, →ISBN
    • The subsistence and mass identification of phenomena like the Mandela Effect could only come to fruition in the Internet Age. Without the internet, there would be no universal platform to academically discuss a concept so daft, nor would there be any way to efficiently and convincingly disprove so...2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN

Mandela effect meaning in Arabic

Mandela effect in Arabic

phenomenon of sharing false memory
تَأْثِير مَانْدَيلَا taʔṯīr māndēlā

Examples of Mandela effect in a sentence

  • The subsistence and mass identification of phenomena like the Mandela Effect could only come to fruition in the Internet Age.2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
  • When Broome discovered that she was not the only person to remember an alternative version of events, she started a website about what she dubbed “the Mandela Effect”.2024 May 25, Tim Harford, “The detours on memory lane”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN...

Forms of Mandela effect

pluralMandela effects

Origin of Mandela effect

Coined by American writer and paranormal consultant Fiona Broome in 2009 in reference to a false memory she had of South African leader Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) dying in the 1980s that other people reportedly shared.

Questions about Mandela effect

What does Mandela effect mean?
Mandela effect means the phenomenon of a large number of persons independently sharing the same false memory.
What is Mandela effect in Arabic?
Mandela effect in Arabic is تَأْثِير مَانْدَيلَا (taʔṯīr māndēlā). See Mandela effect meaning in Arabic.
How do you use Mandela effect in a sentence?
The subsistence and mass identification of phenomena like the Mandela Effect could only come to fruition in the Internet Age.
What part of speech is Mandela effect?
Mandela effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Mandela effect?
The plural of Mandela effect is Mandela effects.

Words near Mandela effect in the dictionary

  1. Mandeism
  2. Mandel
  3. mandel bread
  4. mandel breads
  5. Mandela
  6. Mandela effect
  7. Mandela effects
  8. mandelalide
  9. mandelamide
  10. mandelate
  11. mandelates

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