单词 | performative |
释义 | per·for·ma·tive ![]() adj. Relating to or being an utterance that performs an act or creates a state of affairs by the fact of its being uttered under appropriate or conventional circumstances, as a justice of the peace uttering I now pronounce you husband and wife at a wedding ceremony, thus creating a legal union, or as one uttering I promise, thus performing the act of promising. n. A performative utterance. per·for′ma·tivi·ty (-tĭvĭ-tē) n. |
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