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Diderot

American

[dee-duh-roh, deed^uh-roh] / ˈdi dəˌroʊ, didəˈroʊ /

noun

Denis 1713–84, French philosopher, critic, and encyclopedist.

Diderot British

/ ˈdiːdərəʊ, didro /

noun

Denis (dəni). 1713–84, French philosopher, noted particularly for his direction (1745–72) of the great French Encyclopédie

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The effort came too late for the Maison des Lumières Denis Diderot in Langres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

The incident happened at a museum dedicated to French philosopher Denis Diderot in Landres, north-eastern France on Sunday night.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

And in January, Millah Gilbert, a Diderot graduate, joined the team.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

Diderot created a large set of books to which many leading scholars of Europe contributed articles and essays.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

D’Alembert is best known for his collaboration on the famed Encyclopédie of human knowledge—a 20-year effort with coauthor Denis Diderot.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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