Dès-vu

/deɪ ˈvuː/ noun

The awareness that this will become a memory, the strange feeling of experiencing a moment while simultaneously knowing you'll remember it later. It's the real-time recognition of a memory being formed.

French for 'already seen,' created as the opposite of 'déjà vu.' While déjà vu is the feeling of having experienced something before, dès vu is the conscious awareness that you're creating a future memory in the present moment.

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