Inactivation

Word INACTIVATION
Character 12
Hyphenation inactivation
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Sporting different color magnetic ribbons or bumper stickers that say "Free Tibet" on your car. It may be a "support our troops" yellow ribbon, a pink breast cancer ribbon, or any number of preposterous incarnations meant to capitalize on this trend. When you put stickers and magnets on your car, you aren't doing anything to support the cause. Thus, inactivism. Urban Dictionary

Nico Karadimitriadis' alternative definition of the word de-activated, normally used in a technology context. Urban Dictionary

The use of direct, often confrontational action meant to instigate social and political change, through Facebook and Twitter posts. Inactivists will often point to the root or cause of a social issue without directing the audience toward a course of action or even a coherent alternative viewpoint. Urban Dictionary

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The word "inactivation" in example sentences

Because transpositions result in inactivation of neighbouring genes, McClintock used the term "controlling elements" to describe the mobile chromosome structures. ❋ Unknown (1983)

Seeing that it’s involved in inactivation/metabolism of norepinephrine and dopamine (neurotransmitters), this may be similar in effect to reuptake inhibitors or catecholamine agonists ... you know, like amphetamines .... ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, even at the first five passages, the resulting cells showed variations in X chromosome inactivation, meaning some cells had inactivated one X chromosome and some had not. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The scientists argue that such "inactivation" allows us to lose ourself in the movie: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Scientists believe the overgrowth associated with Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome and hemihypertrophy may develop because of improper inactivation of one or more growth-suppressing genes, or because of overexpression of genes that encourage cell growth. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She continued to transit the Pacific, between the west coast and Japan, as a cargo and personnel carrier until the spring of 1946, when she was ordered to the east coast for inactivation. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Evolutionary dynamics of tumor suppressor gene inactivation. ❋ Martin A. Nowak (2011)

Potential clinical use of butyric acid derivatives to induce antigen-specific T cell inactivation, J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2000 Sep; 2943:1146–53. ❋ Donna Jackson Nakazawa (2008)

It suppresses cell proliferation, and it is the inactivation of such a gene by virtue of two hits that unleashes cell division. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

One could not, after all, proactively “create” a human cancer and follow the activation and inactivation of genes. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Instead, the shift from a premalignant state to an invasive cancer could precisely be correlated with the activation and inactivation of genes in a strict and stereotypical sequence. ❋ Siddhartha Mukherjee (2010)

Julie has a "[Free Tibet]" sticker on her Subaru. But she hasn't done anything to actually help [free Tibet]. She also has an orange-spotted green ribbon that supports [narcoleptic] dogs. This doesn't do anything for narcoleptic dogs. This is inactivism. ❋ Jamie Perkins (2008)

Nico: Sheee-yit, I installed that [Windoze] security update, and now my web browser is inactivated! User: [The word's] [deactivated], dummy Nico: Kiss my ass I get paid triple what you do ❋ Engelbert Humperdinck (2008)

Steven got caught up in Political Inactivism today when he protested [Obamacare] on Facebook for [4 hours] straight and then ate [a ham] sandwich and forgot. ❋ Thesozoguy (2013)

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