Definitions
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- noun A sense of
unfamiliarity with, or of never having experienced or seen before, something that should be familiar.
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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
Etymologies
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A borrowing from French
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whichbe commented on the word jamais vu
The denial of something actually seen.
May 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word jamais vu
What about j'amais room with a vu?
May 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word jamais vu
jamais deja vu: The denial of something actually seen before.
May 12, 2008
oroboros commented on the word jamais vu
Antonym of deja vu. See Wiki link.
Also Cf. agnosia.
August 19, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word jamais vu
Or see Catch-22. :)
August 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word jamais vu
I have it bad. Well, in my case it's a genuine failure to recognise things that should be familiar. Like find the exit in a shopping centre I've been to a hundred times before.
August 19, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jamais vu
This page doesn't exist.
August 19, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word jamais vu
What page?
August 20, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jamais vu
See?
August 20, 2008
putnum commented on the word jamais vu
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/health/HealthRepublish_1689668.htm
December 19, 2011