"Uncanny parallels" refers to unexpected and sometimes eerie similarities or connections between two or more things that seem strange or mysterious.
Sentences with «uncanny parallels»
For the author has set out to counter a recent trend in the secular academy that bears uncanny parallels to the biblical theology movement of the postwar period. (firstthings.com)
Locals call the disease La Bobera, «the foolishness», and the village bears uncanny parallels with the fictional Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, where people suffer memory disorders and hallucinations. (newscientist.com)
But a more apt comparison might be the lead - up to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, given the many uncanny parallels between then and now involving oil. (usfunds.com)