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Déjà vu refers to "any subjectively inappropriate impression of familiarity of a present experience with an undefined past." (Neppe, 1983, The Psychology of DŽjˆ Vu) Because déjà vu is subjective and has been demonstrated to have several different subtypes, I do not classify it as within the domain of psi experience although a subtype called Subjective Paranormal Déjà Vu (Neppe, 1981) may be.
The terms "déjà experience" and "déjà vu" are used interchangeably. There are many ways in which déjà experience may manifest.
Some of these have specific names:
| déjà entendu | already heard |
| déjà eprouvè | already experienced |
| déjà fait | already done |
| déjà pensè | already thought |
| déjà racontè | already recounted |
| déjà senti | already felt, smelt |
| déjà su | already known (intellectually) |
| déjà trouvè | already found (met) |
| déjà vécu | already lived |
| déjà voulu | already desired |
At times the demarcation is artificial, as the déjà experience can coexist in more than one of the above categories. Moreover, there are several other common kinds of déjà experience that have not yet been categorized. Neppe (in conjunction with Prof BG Rogers, Professor of French, University of the Witwatersrand) in 1981 suggested the following additional terms:
| déjà arrivè | already happened |
| déjà connu | already known (personal knowing) |
| déjà dit | already said/spoken (content of speech) |
| déjà goutè | already tasted |
| déjà lu | already read |
| déjà parlè | already spoken (act of speech) |
| déjà pressenti | already 'sensed' |
| déjà rencontrè | already met |
| déjà revè | already dreamt |
| déjà visitè | already visited |
Déjà rencontrè appears preferable to déjà trouvè for the already met experience because it specifically relates to interpersonal situations.
Deja Vu
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