Unrepresent

Quick meaning: Unrepresent is a verb meaning (transitive) To undo the representation of; to refuse or cease to represent.

Meaning

(transitive) To undo the representation of; to refuse or cease to represent.

Example Sentences

As such, he paints the “Indians” back into the nineteenth-century landscapes that have attempted to unrepresent them; he tries (repeatedly) to rebury the skull; he installs signs to “teac[h] the Grass about Green” (43) and “Sky about Blue” (45); he replaces the buffalo with iron versions; and he tries to paint away the church.

Word Forms

• unrepresents
• unrepresenting
• unrepresented

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include underrepresented, non-resident, representative, actress, non-union, represented.

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