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Performative

noun
Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounA performative utterance.
2.adjectiveBeing enacted as it is said.
"An example of a performative utterance would be "I name this boat Alfred"."
3.adjectiveBeing done as a performance in order to create an impression.

Synonyms

performatoryworklyexercitiveprothesizedprophoricphilodramaticpurportedpseudophilosophicalphroneticpragmaticalfigurativepostsyntactic

Rhymes With

normativeinformativeformativeuninformativedormitiveformate of
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