dérive
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Etymology edit
Noun edit
dérive (plural dérives)
- 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.
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Noun edit
dérive f (plural dérives)
- drift
- à la dérive ― adrift
- (nautical) centreboard
- dérive (revolutionary strategy)
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Verb edit
dérive
- inflection of dériver:
Further reading edit
- “dérive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.