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performative
adjective per·for·ma·tive \-ˈfȯr-mə-tiv\
Definition of PERFORMATIVE
: being or relating to an expression that serves to effect a transaction or that constitutes the performance of the specified act by virtue of its utterance <a performative verb such as promise> — compare constative
— performative noun
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First Known Use of PERFORMATIVE
1955
Rhymes with PERFORMATIVE
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