Unperform
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part. transitive
"Set against the ongoing legacy of minstrelsy, Banks argues against race as a meaningful category and brings to our attention strategies to unperform and dismantle it."
Example
More examples"Set against the ongoing legacy of minstrelsy, Banks argues against race as a meaningful category and brings to our attention strategies to unperform and dismantle it."
Etymology
From un- + perform.
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