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performative utterances

performative utterances is the plural of performative utterance.

Meaning of performative utterance

Noun

performative utterance (plural performative utterances)

  1. A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.

Questions about performative utterances

What is performative utterances the plural of?
Performative utterances is the plural of performative utterance.

Words near performative utterances in the dictionary

  1. performation
  2. performatism
  3. performative
  4. performative authoritarianism
  5. performative utterance
  6. performative utterances
  7. performatively
  8. performativeness
  9. performatives
  10. performativism
  11. performativities

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