JAMAIS VU

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jamais vu mean? 

• JAMAIS VU (noun)
  The noun JAMAIS VU has 1 sense:

1. the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy

  Familiarity information: JAMAIS VU used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JAMAIS VU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("jamais vu" is a kind of...):

confusedness; confusion; disarray; mental confusion; muddiness (a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior)