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jamais vu

ja·mais vu [ a mày vǘ ]


noun 
Definition:
 
disconnection of perception and memory: an irrational feeling, occurring in some forms of epilepsy and some psychiatric conditions, that what is being perceived has never been seen before.
See also  déjà vu (sense 1)


[< French, "never seen"]
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