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Performative
pəˈfɔːmətɪv
Performative definitions
adjective
performative
- relating to or of the nature of dramatic or artistic performance
"films which push past the limits of current performative trends"
- characterized by the performance of a social or cultural role
"many feminist theorists have come to stress the contextual and performative aspects of gender"
- relating to or denoting an utterance by means of which the speaker performs a particular act (e.g. I bet, I apologize, I promise)
- done or expressed insincerely or inauthentically, typically with the intention of impressing others or improving one's own image
"is their outrage real or just performative?"
noun
performative
performatives
- a performative utterance
"here statements are not descriptive utterances but performatives"