déjà vu

déjà vu

 [da´zhah voo´] (Fr.)

an illusion that a new situation is a repetition of a previous experience.

dé·jà vu

(dā-zhah' vū'),

Feeling of having been in a place before. See: déjà vu phenomenon.

See: phenomenon.

[Fr. already seen]

déjà vu

(dā′zhä vo͞o′)

n.

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

dé·jà vu

(dā-zhah' vū)

The perception that one has previously experienced a new experience.
See also: jamais vu

[Fr. already seen]

déjà vu

The sudden mistaken conviction that a current experience has happened before. There is a compelling sense of familiarity and often a persuasion, almost always immediately disappointed, that one knows what is round the next corner.