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third-person singular simple present unperforms, present participle unperforming, simple past and past participle unperformed
(sociology, transitive) To cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part. quotations
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.
2006, Jan Cohen-Cruz, Mady Schutzman, A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics (page 7)