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perlocutions

perlocutions is the plural of perlocution.

Meaning of perlocution

Noun

perlocution (plural perlocutions)

  1. The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

Questions about perlocutions

What is perlocutions the plural of?
Perlocutions is the plural of perlocution.

Words near perlocutions in the dictionary

  1. perlocuted
  2. perlocutes
  3. perlocuting
  4. perlocution
  5. perlocutionary
  6. perlocutions
  7. perlodid
  8. perlodids
  9. perloffite
  10. perloir
  11. perloirs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: perlocutions (page history and authors); perlocution (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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