démarche

[ dey-marsh ]

noun

, French.

, plural dé·marches [dey-, marsh].

1. an action or gesture by a diplomat, especially a formal appeal, protest, or the like.
2. a statement, protest, or the like presented to public officials by private citizens, interest groups, etc.
3. a procedure or step; move; maneuver.

démarche

/ demarʃ /

noun

1. a move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
2. a representation or statement of views, complaints, etc, to a public authority

Word History and Origins

Origin of démarche¹

Literally, “gait”

Word History and Origins

Origin of démarche¹

C17: literally: walk, gait, from Old French demarcher to tread, trample; see de- , march ¹

Example Sentences

Whomever they got to make the anti-bow demarche, it was unsuccessful.

From The Daily Beast

A hotel would be nothing; you could call on anybody at a hotel, if you had to; but here would be a demarche indeed!

From Project Gutenberg

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