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deja vu - 2 dictionary results

dé⋅jà vu

[dey-zhah voo, vyoo; Fr. dey-zha vy]
–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
dé·jà vu   (dā'zhä vōō')   
n.  
  1. 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.

[French : déjà, already + vu, seen.]
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