déjà vu

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  1. noun Psychology The illusion of having already experienced something actually being experienced for the first time.
  2. noun An impression of having seen or experienced something before: Old-timers watched the stock-market crash with a distinct sense of déjà vu.
  3. noun Dull familiarity; monotony: the déjà vu of the tabloid headlines.

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  1. French : déjà, already + vu, seen.
 

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