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(n.)
The recognition of a place you’ve never been, but that feels familiar because of how thoroughly it was pre-consumed in your social media feed.
Climbing the steps of Uluwatu temple, she felt a wave of déjà-ici for the sunset she'd scrolled past hundreds of times.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Déjà vu is “already seen”; déjà-ici means “already here,” pronounced DAY-zhah ee-SEE. The difference is the source: déjà vu is familiarity you can’t explain, while this is familiarity easily traced back to its digital source.
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