the feeling that one has experienced a present experience sometime in the past. 188
the term given to the effect of seemingly having been to a place or in having experienced something before. However this may be caused by one eye receiving the image slightly ahead of the other eye, thus seemingly having experienced this before.
(day-zhah VUE) French: a vague recollection (means "already seen"); the sense that you've been somewhere before
The feeling of having experienced something before.
When something seems oddly familiar, as though you have experienced it or seen it before.
French for “already seen,” the feeling or illusion of having previously experienced an event or place actually being encountered for the first time; also called “false memory,” or “memory without recognition,” although the phenomenon could conceivably involve precognitive or clairvoyant information, in which case Frederic Myers gave it the name promnesia. [From the Greek pro, “prior to,” + mnesis, “memory
(From French, literally meaning "already seen.'') -- that eerie sense of "I've experienced this before." This may occur from the current situation producing some clues that may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. Deja Vu is that eerie sense of "I've experienced this before." This may occur from the current situation producing some clues that may subconsciously trigger retrieval of an earlier experience. As Yogi Berra said, "It's like deja vu all over again."
the peculiar feeling that a place, situation, person, action, or conversation is familiar and has already been experienced.
Seeing or doing something completely new but having the distinct feeling that the experience had been done before.
Certain events and experiences seem as if you are re-experiencing the event or situation that has happened at another time. As familiar as the experiences are, you cannot recall nor figure out when they happened.
Feeling as if one has lived through or experienced this moment before; may occur in people without any medical problems or immediately before a seizure (i.e., as a simple partial seizure).
an individual develops an intense feeling of having 'been here before'.
The sense that something seemed to have happened before. But after constant misuse over a period of time, the secondary meaning of simple familiarity has become accepted in dictionaries. Still, don't rush to perpetuate such watered-down new meanings. Thanks to Yogi Berra, in any case, déjà vu has become hackneyed and is best given a rest.
recognition - also interpreted as precognition
an inexplicable sense of familiarity; a feeling that you have heard, seen or experienced something before although you are sure that your current experience is new.
A paramnesia consisting of the sensation or illusion that one is seeing what one has seen before.
The sensation you are doing something you have done before.
The (strong) feeling that something has happened to you before, or you were already at this place or time. See also "deja vu".
The experience of thinking or feeling that a new situation has occurred in your life before
An impression or dull familiarity of having seen or experienced something before.
The feeling of having already experienced an event or place that is being encountered for the very first time .
Fr. Epileptic aura where a novel visual field seems familiar ( Ch. 28).