jamais vu

1. 1.

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

   Broaderconfusion

Questions about jamais vu

What does jamais vu mean?

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

Is jamais vu a common word?

jamais vu is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.