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performativeness

performativeness noun: the quality of being performative.

Noun

performativeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being performative.
    Synonyms:
    performativity

Synonyms of performativeness

Origin of performativeness

From performative + -ness.

Questions about performativeness

What does performativeness mean?
Performativeness means the quality of being performative.
What part of speech is performativeness?
Performativeness is a noun.

Words near performativeness in the dictionary

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

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