déjà-vu
ʒɑ ˈvu, ˈvyu; noun
1.
Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
2.
disagreeable familiarity or sameness: The new television season had a sense of déjà vu about it—the same old plots and characters with new names.
Origin:
1900–05; < French: literally, already seen
1900–05; < French: literally, already seen
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déjà vu (ˈdeɪʒæ ˈvuː, French deʒa vy) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| the experience of perceiving a new situation as if it had occurred before. It is sometimes associated with exhaustion or certain types of mental disorder | |
| [from French, literally: already seen] | |
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Déjà-vu
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Cultural Dictionary
déjà vu [(day-zhah vooh)]The strange sensation that something one is now experiencing has happened before: “I knew I had never been in the house before, but as I walked up the staircase, I got a weird sense of déjà vu.” From French, meaning “already seen.”
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