depliage

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noun

A surrealist method in which one removes the staples from a staple-bound magazine, making into one "page" what had previously been more or less widely-separated pages; the resulting "page" can either be kept as is or used as the basis for a collage.

OriginFrench dépliage →
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Meanings

noundepliage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA surrealist method in which one removes the staples from a staple-bound magazine, making into one "page" what had previously been more or less widely-separated pages; the resulting "page" can either be kept as is or used as the basis for a collage.

Origin

  1. Frenchdépliage“unfolding”
  2. Englishdepliage

Borrowed from French dépliage (“unfolding”).

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APA

depliage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depliage

MLA

“depliage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depliage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “depliage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/depliage.

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