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  • 21Undoing Gender — Das Konzept des Undoing Gender (dt. Geschlechtsaufweichung) wurde zuerst von dem Soziologen Stefan Hirschauer systematisch ausformuliert. Hirschauer begreift das Geschlecht als Effekt von Interaktionen, wobei er sich dabei an Harold Garfinkels… …

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  • 22undoing — /un dooh ing/, n. 1. the reversing of what has been done; annulling. 2. a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster. 3. a cause of destruction or ruin. 4. the act of unfastening or loosing. 5. Psychiatry. an unconscious defense mechanism through …

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  • 23undoing — In psychology and psychiatry, an unconscious defense mechanism by which one symbolically acts out in reverse some earlier unacceptable behavior. * * * un·do·ing (ən dooґing) a defense mechanism aimed at negating or atoning for some… …

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  • 24undoing — Synonyms and related words: Waterloo, abasement, affliction, annulment, bane, beating, blight, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, cancellation, carnage, collapse, conquering, conquest, consumption, counterbalancing, crash, curse, damnation, deathblow …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 25undoing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. downfall, defeat, ruin, reversal. See failure. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Ruin] Syn. ruination, downfall, doom, reversal, destruction, misfortune, calamity, overthrow, collapse, trouble, grief,… …

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  • 26undoing — n. reversing, revoking; act of opening (a jacket, package, door, etc.), releasing or unloosing (e.g. of a knot in a rope); destruction, ruin un·do || ‚ʌn duː v. open (a jacket, package, door, etc.), release, unloose; cancel, revoke, reverse …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27undoing — n. Ruin, destruction …

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  • 28undoing — n 1. ruin, ruination, destruction, bane, downfall; defeat, overthrow, overturn, labefaction; collapse, debacle, breakdown, breakup; drop, fall, descent, crash, smash; debasement, abasement, degradation; shame, disgrace, humiliation, mortification …

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  • 29undoing — un•do•ing [[t]ʌnˈdu ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the reversing of what has been done; annulling 2) the action of ruining or destroying 3) a cause of destruction or ruin 4) the act of unfastening or loosing • Etymology: 1300–50 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30undoing — /ʌnˈduɪŋ/ (say un doohing) noun 1. the reversing of what has been done; annulling. 2. a bringing to destruction, ruin, or disaster. 3. a cause of destruction or ruin. 4. the act or fact of unfastening or opening. {undo + ing1} …