unperform

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ perform.

Verb

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unperform (third-person singular simple present unperforms, present participle unperforming, simple past and past participle unperformed)

  1. (sociology, transitive) To cease to perform; to undo or dismantle (a social or cultural practice) by refusing to take part.
    • 2006, Jan Cohen-Cruz, Mady Schutzman, A Boal Companion: Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics (page 7)
      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.