English Explanatory Dictionary

dérive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

dérive dérives

Etymology

From French dérive (“drift”).

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