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dé·jà vu

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–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; < F: lit., already seen

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n.

Psychology The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.
1. An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.
2. Dull familiarity; monotony: the déjà vu of the tabloid headlines.