performative

English

Etymology

perform +‎ -ative

Adjective

performative (comparative more performative, superlative most performative)

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

Noun

performative (plural performatives)

  1. A performative utterance.

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Anagrams

French

Adjective

performative

  1. feminine singular of performatif

German

Adjective

performative

  1. inflected form of performativ

Italian

Adjective

performative

  1. feminine plural of performativo
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