déjà vu

dé·jà vu

 (dā′zhä vo͞o′)

n.

1. Psychology The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.

2.

a. An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.

b. Dull familiarity; monotony: the déjà vu of the tabloid headlines.

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[French déjà-vu : déjà, already (from Old French des ja, from now on, from des, from + ja, now + from Latin iam) + vu, seen (from Old French veu, from Vulgar Latin vidūtus, alteration of vīsus, past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots).]

déjà vu

(ˈdeɪʒæ ˈvuː; French deʒa vy)

n

(Psychology) 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]

déjà vu

Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.

See also: Memory

déja vu

A French phrase meaning already seen, used to mean the feeling that you have already experienced something that is happening now.

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deja vu

The sensation of repeating a previous experience (French for “already seen”).

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

deja vu - the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something

Translations

Déjà-vu

προμνησίαντεζά βυ

déjà-vu

déjà-vuparamnésie

既視感

дежавюобман памяти

déjà vu

[deɪʒɑːˈvuː] N → déjà vu m

déjà vu

[ˌdeɪʒɑːˈvuː] n
to have a sense of déjà vu, to have a feeling of déjà vu → avoir une impression de déjà-vu

déjà vu

n → Déjà-vu-Erlebnis nt; a feeling or sense of déjà vu → das Gefühl, das schon einmal gesehen zu haben

déjà vu

[ˌdeɪʒɑːˈvuː] n → déjà vu m inv
a feeling or sense of déjà vu → una sensazione di déjà vu

déjà vu

n. Fr. déjà vu, impresión ilusoria de haber experimentado antes una situación que es totalmente nueva.

déjà vu

n déjà vu m, ya visto, sentimiento fuerte pero falso de haber vivido anteriormente una nueva situación