Editing Serendipity (section)

=={{anchor|Zemblanity|Bahramdipity}}Related terms==
Several uncommonly used terms have been derived from the concept and name of serendipity.

[[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]] coined the term '''zemblanity''' in the late twentieth century to mean somewhat the opposite of serendipity: "making unhappy, unlucky and expected discoveries occurring by design". The derivation is speculative, but believed to be from [[Novaya Zemlya|Nova Zembla]], a barren archipelago once the site of Russian nuclear testing.<ref>Boyd, William. ''Armadillo'', Chapter 12, [[Alfred A. Knopf|Knopf]], New York, 1998. {{ISBN|0-375-40223-3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Boyle |first=Richard |date=2009-03-12 |title=Serendipity and Zemblanity |url=https://www.himalmag.com/serendipity-and-zemblanity/ |access-date=2020-12-28 |website=Himal Southasian |language=en-GB |archive-date=2020-12-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229172844/https://www.himalmag.com/serendipity-and-zemblanity/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Bahramdipity''' is derived directly from [[Bahram V|Bahram Gur]] as characterized in ''[[The Three Princes of Serendip]]''.  It describes the ''suppression'' of serendipitous discoveries or research results by powerful individuals.<ref>(a) [http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1999/feb/opin_990201.html Sommer, Toby J. "'Bahramdipity' and Scientific Research", ''The Scientist'', '''1999''', ''13''(3), 13.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011102141329/https://www.the-scientist.com/yr1999/feb/opin_990201.html |date=2001-11-02 }} <br />(b) [http://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/documents/Sommer.pdf Sommer, Toby J. "Bahramdipity and Nulltiple Scientific Discoveries," ''Science and Engineering Ethics'', '''2001''', ''7''(1), 77–104.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126074702/http://www.bmartin.cc/dissent/documents/Sommer.pdf |date=2018-11-26 }}</ref>

In addition, Solomon & Bronstein (2018) further distinguish between perceptual and realised '''pseudo-serendipity''' and '''nemorinity'''.<ref>[http://hdl.handle.net/2142/100225 Solomon, Yosef, & Bronstein, Jenny. "Information Serendipity, Pseudo-Serendipity, Zemblanity, Disruptive Discovery and Nemorinity: Revisiting Donizetti's and Romani's Opera Buffa L'elisir d'Amore"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715110147/https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/items/106286 |date=2023-07-15 }}, ''iConference Proceedings'', '''2018''', 1–4</ref>