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unperform

verb

Etymology

From un- + perform.

  1. derived from *promo-✻
  2. derived from *frumjaną✻
  3. derived from *frummjan✻
  4. derived from parfornir
  5. derived from performer
  6. inherited from parformen
  7. prefixed as unperform — “un + perform”

Definitions

  1. To cease to perform

    To cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA