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déjà vu
[ dey-zhah voo, vyoo; French dey-zha vy ]
noun
- Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
- 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.
- the sense or feeling of having previously experienced something that really has been encountered before:
It was déjà vu at the bobsled track today as the U.S. team again claimed the top podium positions.
déjà vu
/ ˈdeɪʒæ ˈvuː; deʒa vy /
noun
- 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
déjà vu
- 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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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of déjà vu1
Example Sentences
"I'm not thinking past the experience but afterwards I'd definitely like to get some dim sum with my family and have that deja vu moment," he adds, 10 years on from his last mini marathon.
If you’re feeling a sense of déjà vu as we prepare to say goodbye to the Conner family, it’s not a surprise given we’ve been here before more than once.
For the new coach, and potentially new captain - Knight's future is still uncertain - it is a difficult challenge but one that could go a long way in winning back some fans, but they cannot afford another case of deja vu.
According to the complaint, Henley organized a birthday party at Déjà Vu for himself in December 2021.
Veena Sikri, who was India's high commissioner to Bangladesh between 2003 and 2006, describes the growing closeness between Dhaka and Islamabad as a "déjà vu" moment.
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