performative
The English word “performative” has 3 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Being enacted as it is said.
- Insincere, inauthentic or disingenuous; done solely or largely as a performance, to produce an impression or enhance one's reputation.
noun
- A performative utterance.
Etymology
From perform + -ative.
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