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Rashomon effect

Rashomon effect noun: the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it.

Noun

Rashomon effect (plural Rashomon effects)

  1. The effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it.
    • And, in accordance with the "Rashomon effect," depending on who is doing the telling, the reported effect of computerization in the same agency may differ widely.1993, Marcos Leiderman, Technology in People Services: Research, Theory, and Applications

Forms of Rashomon effect

pluralRashomon effects

Origin of Rashomon effect

From Japanese 羅生門 (rashōmon), after Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950), in which a crime witnessed by four individuals is described in four mutually contradictory ways.

Questions about Rashomon effect

What does Rashomon effect mean?
Rashomon effect means the effect of the subjectivity of perception on recollection, by which observers of an event are able to produce substantially different but equally plausible accounts of it.
What part of speech is Rashomon effect?
Rashomon effect is a noun.
What is the plural of Rashomon effect?
The plural of Rashomon effect is Rashomon effects.

Words near Rashomon effect in the dictionary

  1. rashly
  2. Rashmi
  3. rashness
  4. rashnesses
  5. Rashomon
  6. Rashomon effect
  7. Rashomon effects
  8. Rashomonic
  9. Rashpoot
  10. Rashpoots
  11. Rasht

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