Jamais vu, a French loanword meaning never seen, is the phenomenon of experiencing a situation one recognizes in some fashion but that nonetheless seems unusual and unfamiliar. It is often described as the opposite of deja vu.
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Core ClaimThe phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion but that nonetheless seems unusual and unfamiliar. 1 Classification
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1. Jamais vu, Wikipedia
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It is often described as the opposite of déjà vu.
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