The uncanny is the psychological experience of an event or thing that is unsettling in a way that feels oddly familiar, rather than simply mysterious. [1] . This phenomenon is used to describe incidents where a familiar entity is encountered in a frightening, eerie, or taboo context. [2][3]
uncanny: Mysterious or impossible to explain, especially when causing uneasiness or astonishment. synonym: weird.
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Uncanny describes that which unsettles us, such as disquieting observations, or mysterious situations and circumstances. Strip the word of its prefix, though, and you're left with canny, a word that can be used as a synonym for clever and prudent.
UNCANNY definition: having or seeming to have a supernatural or inexplicable basis; beyond the ordinary or normal; extraordinary. See examples of uncanny used in a sentence.
If you describe something as uncanny, you mean that it is strange and difficult to explain. She bears an uncanny resemblance to the new president.