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Performative
noun
Word Frequency:
0.9
Definitions
1.
noun
A performative utterance.
2.
adjective
Being enacted as it is said.
"An example of a performative utterance would be "I name this boat Alfred"."
3.
adjective
Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.
Synonyms
performatory
workly
exercitive
prothesized
prophoric
philodramatic
purported
pseudophilosophical
phronetic
pragmatical
figurative
postsyntactic
Rhymes With
normative
informative
formative
uninformative
dormitive
formate of
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