(the) UNCANNY as defined by Sigmund Freud: In a Freudian definition, the uncanny is a moment where something familiar is estranged.
The realization itself of that shift is the uncanny moment. Linked to fear and cognitive dissonance Freud discusses the uncanny in fiction through moments when the inanimate becomes animated, when the humanity of an object or a situation is uncertain. The word “canny” originates from a Scottish term to know, or knowing.
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