jamais vu

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Noun

jamais vu - the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar; associated with certain types of epilepsyconfusedness, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness, confusion - a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions"

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jamais vu

[zhah´ma voo] the sensation that familiar surroundings are strangely unfamiliar; the illusion that one has never seen anything like that before.

jamais vu

French, never seen Psychiatry A group of paramnesias with complete absence of memory for events known to have been experienced by the Pt; each is associated with depersonalization and temporal lobe epilepsy. Cf Deja vu.

ja·mais vu

(zhah-mā'vū) A lack of memory and sensation of disorientation in a patient, even though confirmation of an earlier act or circumstance can be found.
See also: déjà vu[Fr., never seen]

jamais vu

A strong sense that one has never before seen what is currently being perceived, although logic contradicts it. There is also a sense of unreality and DEPERSONALIZATION. Jamais vu may be a feature of temporal lobe EPILEPSY but also sometimes occurs in severe anxiety (phobic) disorders.

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noun the experience of being unfamiliar with a person or situation that is actually very familiar

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