Etymology

dérive

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

French dérive
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Borrowed from French dérive (“drift”).

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