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performative

performative

English

Adjective

performative (comparative more performative, superlative most performative)

  1. Being enacted as it is said.
    An example of a performative utterance could be, "I name this boat Alfred".

Related terms

Noun

performative (plural performatives)

  1. A performative utterance.

Synonyms


French

Adjective

performative

  1. feminine singular of performatif

Italian

Adjective

performative

  1. feminine plural of performativo