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dérive

dérive noun: a revolutionary strategy proposed in 1956 by Guy Debord: a mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society, in which participants drop their everyday relations and enter into spontaneous encounters and interactions.

Noun

dérive (plural dérives)

  1. A revolutionary strategy proposed in 1956 by Guy Debord: a mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society, in which participants drop their everyday relations and enter into spontaneous encounters and interactions.

Forms of dérive

pluraldérives

Origin of dérive

Borrowed from French dérive (“drift”).

Questions about dérive

What does dérive mean?
Dérive means a revolutionary strategy proposed in 1956 by Guy Debord: a mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society, in which participants drop their everyday relations and enter into spontaneous encounters and interactions.
What part of speech is dérive?
Dérive is a noun.
What is the plural of dérive?
The plural of dérive is dérives.

Words near dérive in the dictionary

  1. déps
  2. dépôt
  3. dépôts
  4. dérailleur
  5. dérailleurs
  6. dérive
  7. dérives
  8. déshabillé
  9. désintéressement
  10. Désirée
  11. désoeuvré

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