décollage

noun

The opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work.

OriginFrench décollage →
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Meanings

noundécollage (countable and uncountable, plural décollages)

plural décollages · alternative decollage

  1. uncountableartThe opposite of collage: the process of cutting, tearing, etc. an original image to produce a new work.
  2. countableartA work in this style.

Origin

  1. Frenchdécollage
  2. Englishdécollage

Unadapted borrowing from French décollage, influenced by de- + collage.

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APA

décollage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9collage

MLA

“décollage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9collage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “décollage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/d%C3%A9collage.

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