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detourn

detourn is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of detourn

third-person singular presentdetourns
present participledetourning
past participledetourned
pastdetourned

Questions about detourn

What is detourn the alternative spelling of?
Detourn is the alternative spelling of détourn.

Words near detourn in the dictionary

  1. detourings
  2. detouristified
  3. detouristifies
  4. detouristify
  5. detouristifying
  6. detourn
  7. detourned
  8. detournement
  9. detournements
  10. detourning
  11. detourns

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: detourn (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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