💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Performativity"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| performative utterancenoun | (philosophy, linguistics) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something. |
| performancenoun | The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action. |
| performative | Being done as a performance in order to create an impression. |
| performauncenoun | Obsolete form of performance. [The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action.] |
| play-actingnoun | The acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance. |
| personationnoun | The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character |
| playactingnoun | Alternative form of play-acting. [The acting of a play or plays; the occupation of an actor; dramatic performance.] |
| metapragmaticsnoun | Language that characterizes or describes the pragmatic function of some speech. |
| impersonizationnoun | (archaic) A manifestation in corporeal form; personification. |
| pantomimingnoun | The performance of pantomime. |
| dynamisnoun | (Classical philosophy) Potentiality. |
| pirotnoun | (philosophy) A notional living being used in discussing certain aspects of the philosophy of language. |
| playgoingnoun | Attendance 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. |
| phenomenalizationnoun | The 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. |
| personificationnoun | A literary device in which an inanimate object or an idea is given human qualities. |
| metaplaynoun | A play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious. |
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