Phrase guide
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noun
A sense of unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: confusion, mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray
History
Borrowed from French jamais (“never”) + vu (“seen”).
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
