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Jamais vu

noun

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

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"Jamais vu" Quotes from Famous Books

... war, and Renan was in a state of the most violent excitement. He said: "No punishment could be too great for that brainless scoundrel Ollivier, and the Ministry that has followed his is worse. Every thinking man could see for himself that the declaration of this war was madness. (A-t-on jamais vu pareille folie, mon Dieu, mon Dieu, c'est navrant. Nous sommes un peuple desarconne.)" In his eyes, Palikao was no better than a robber, Jerome David than a murderer. He considered the fall of Strasburg imminent. ...

— Recollections Of My Childhood And Youth • George Brandes

Words linked to "Jamais vu" : muddiness, mental confusion, disarray, confusedness, confusion