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An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth
Answer for the clue "An articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth ", 13 letters:
retroflection
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n. Being bent backwards
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n. a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part; "retroversion of the uterus" [syn: retroversion , retroflexion ] an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth [syn: retroflexion ] the act of ...
Usage examples of retroflection.
That is, as Foucault himself made quite clear, it was not reason in toto that he was attacking, but reason in its objectifying, monological, instrumental, and representational modes (and the retroflection of those modes in subjectifying/subjugating ways).