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- verb To
undo the act ofseeing something; to erase the memory of having seen something, or otherwise reverse the effect of having seen something.
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Examples
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The City & amp The City is set in the peculiar circumstances of Besźel and Ul Qoma, two cities in an unidentified part of Eastern Europe, which spatially overlap but whose inhabitants have been socially conditioned to "unsee" each other (and each other's buildings, road vehicles, etc), or face unspeakable consequences.
February Books 10) The City & The City, by China Miéville nwhyte 2010
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Besides that, it is a straight work-through of the implications: what if two cities could co-exist in a shared space, such that people walking in their own city must "unsee" the other city that they are also walking through?
Archive 2009-12-01 Karen Burnham 2009
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First the setup of a modern world with all cultural references - Internet, cell phones, Cold War, Harry Potter, Power Rangers, usual countries and cities - except the superposed dual city whose citizens "unsee" each other except when officially visiting and with an all powerful Breach that keeps the order - is barely credible from the start and only the talent of Mr. Mieville keeps it from being utterly preposterous.
Archive 2009-05-01 Fabio Fernandes 2009
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The 36-year-old British writer is the author of the new novel "The City & The City," a murder mystery set in two cities, Ul Qoma and Beszel, one rich and one poor, where residents have been trained to "unsee" each other in order to coexist.
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Besides that, it is a straight work-through of the implications: what if two cities could co-exist in a shared space, such that people walking in their own city must "unsee" the other city that they are also walking through?
A Mirror, Dark & Fantastic Karen Burnham 2009
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Notice as you look around you, that you can't "unsee" objects.
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European noir overtones is set in a pair of overlapping city states whose citizens - for political reasons - must learn to "unsee" one other, what label would you apply?
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The website only has a 25 second clip but, I tell you, it's 25 seconds of your life you will never, as they put it, "unsee".
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Inhabitants of one city-state must "unsee" any person, automobile, etc., that is part of the other city-state.
SCI FI Wire Cynthia Ward 2009
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I wouldn't have to pour hot sauce and oxi-clean on my eyes to try and "unsee" ***** anymore.
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