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Performativity

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performative utterancenoun(philosophy, linguistics) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.
performancenounThe act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.
performativeBeing done as a performance in order to create an impression.
performauncenounObsolete form of performance. [The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.]
play-actingnounThe acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance.
personationnounThe act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character
playactingnounAlternative form of play-acting. [The acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance.]
metapragmaticsnounLanguage that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech.
impersonizationnoun(archaic) A manifestation in corporeal form; personification.
pantomimingnounThe performance of pantomime.
dynamisnoun(Classical philosophy) Potentiality.
pirotnoun(philosophy) A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language.
playgoingnounAttendance at the performance of plays.
polypragmatynoun(archaic) The quality of being polypragmatic.
pragmatumnoun(philosophy) A thing viewed through a pragmatic lens, i.e. a tool viewed as the sum of practical consequences for which it is responsible.
phenomenalizationnounThe process or result of phenomenalizing.
prosthesisnoun(medicine) An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
prolationnoun(music) The relative time value of a minim to a semibreve in medieval music.
personificationnounA literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities.
metaplaynounA play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious.

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