uneasyfamiliarity
nounUK /ʌnˈiːzi fəˌmɪliˈærəti/
US /ʌnˈiːzi fəˌmɪliˈɛrəti/
A strange feeling that something is both known and not known at the same time.
She felt an uneasy familiarity when she walked into the old house she had never seen before.
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2. A sense that a place or person is oddly recognizable despite being new.
He had an uneasy familiarity with the stranger's voice, as if from a forgotten dream.
3. A mix of comfort and discomfort when returning to a once-familiar situation.
Walking back into her old school gave her an uneasy familiarity.
4. The unsettling feeling that something half-remembered is happening again.
The song brought an uneasy familiarity, like a memory she could not quite place.