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Japanese
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| 不氣味の谷 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From 不気味 (bukimi, “eerie, uncanny”) + の (no, genitive particle) + 谷 (tani, “valley”).
Coined by Masahiro Mori in 1970, to describe a dip in the likeability of a humanoid robot in relation to its resemblance to the human face to the point where it becomes "uncanny", before picking up again as the human resemblance nears perfection, thus forming a "valley".
Noun
不気味の谷 • (bukimi no tani)
- uncanny valley