Jamais vu

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In psychology, jamais vu ( ZHAM-ay VOO, US: JAHM-, French: [ʒamɛ vy]), a French loanword meaning "never seen", is the phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but that nonetheless seems unusual and unfamiliar. It is often described as the opposite of déjà vu.

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