The opposite of deja vu is called Jamais vu. It’s a French word meaning “never seen”. It’s the feeling or experience that a person knows or recongnizes a situation, but that it still seems very unfamiliar or unknown. read more
Look up jamais vu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In psychology, jamais vu (/ ˈ ʒ æ m eɪ ˈ v uː /; French pronunciation: ), a French borrowing meaning "never seen", refers to the phenomenon of experiencing a situation that one recognizes in some fashion, but nonetheless seems very unfamiliar. read more