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détourned

détourned is the simple past and past participle of détourn.

Meaning of détourn

Verb

détourn (third-person singular simple present détourns, present participle détourning, simple past and past participle détourned)

  1. To subject to detournement; to reuse (elements of mainstream media) to produce a subversive message.
    • […] to détourn clothing, with all its strong emotional connotations.2009, David Evans, Appropriation, page 39

Questions about détourned

What is détourned the simple past and past participle of?
Détourned is the simple past and past participle of détourn.

Words near détourned in the dictionary

  1. Désirée
  2. désoeuvré
  3. détente
  4. détentes
  5. détourn
  6. détourned
  7. détournement
  8. détournements
  9. détourning
  10. détourns
  11. détraqué

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Adapted from Wiktionary: détourned (page history and authors); détourn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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