Durden

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proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

proper nounDurden (plural Durdens)

plural Durdens

  1. A surname.

    Edward Norton's character is the conformist, emasculated, consumerist beta male while his alter ego of sorts, Durden, is the countercultural alpha because he is free from needing or being controlled by women.

    2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 7, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN
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    We tend to think of the seafloor a few kilometres down as a flat plain. In fact, about two-thirds of this “abyssal” seabed is made up of gentle rolling hills a few hundred metres high, says Jennifer Durden at the University of Southampton, UK.

    2015 August 8, Bob Holmes, “Ocean hills yield secret ecosystems”, in New Scientist, number 3033, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2015, page 14

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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