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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.
[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).]
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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]
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déjà vu
Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
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déja vu
A French phrase meaning already seen, used to mean the feeling that you have already experienced something that is happening now.
deja vu
The sensation of repeating a previous experience (French for “already seen”).
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| Noun | 1. | deja vu - the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before reminder - an experience that causes you to remember something |
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Déjà-vu
déjà-vu
既視感
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déjà vu
[ˌdeɪʒɑːˈvuː] nto have a sense of déjà vu, to have a feeling of déjà vu → avoir une impression de déjà-vu
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déjà vu
n → Déjà-vu-Erlebnis nt; a feeling or sense of déjà vu → das Gefühl, das schon einmal gesehen zu haben
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déjà vu
n. Fr. déjà vu, impresión ilusoria de haber experimentado antes una situación que es totalmente nueva.
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déjà vu
n déjà vu m, ya visto, sentimiento fuerte pero falso de haber vivido anteriormente una nueva situaciónEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.