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promnesia.

Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/pɹɑmˈniː.ʒə/General-American/pɹɑmˈniː.zɪ.ə/General-American/pɹɒmˈniː.ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/pɹɒmˈniː.zɪ.ə/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Déjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.

    neologism · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Coined by philologist and psychical researcher Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901) from Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “pre-, before”) + μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) + -ία (-ía) on the model of amnesia, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, mind”). Compare Greek προμνησία (promnisía).

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