All 6 Uses of
déjà vu
in
Catch-22
- deja vu.†
Chpt 20
- It was not deja vu, for at the time he had experienced no sensation of ever having seen a naked man in a tree at Snowden's funeral before.
Chpt 20 *deja vu = the strange feeling of having lived the current moment before
- Yossarian shook his head and explained that deja vu was just a momentary infinitesimal lag in the operation of two coactive sensory nerve centers that commonly functioned simultaneously.†
Chpt 25
- It was neither deja vu, presque vu nor jamais vu.†
Chpt 25
- It was not already seen or never seen, and certainly not almost seen; neither deja vu, jamais vu nor presque vu was elastic enough to cover it.†
Chpt 25
- deja vu again.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
the strange feeling of having lived the current moment before; or referring to something as similar to what has happened before