dérive

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See also: derive, dérivé, and derivé

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Etymology

French dérive (“drift”)

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.

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Noun

dérive f (plural dérives)

  1. drift
    à la dérive ― adrift
  2. (nautical) centreboard
  3. dérive (revolutionary strategy)

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Verb

dérive

  1. inflection of dériver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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