Definitions For Performative

Noun

{{examples, sense=linguistics, * “I name this boat ‘Alfred’”}} PERFORMATIVE (plural PERFORMATIVEs) A performative utterance.

Adjective

(philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said. : {{ux, en, Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.}} Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.

Synonyms

performatory workly

Derived terms

{{col3, en

Etymology

perform + ative

Anagrams

preformative

Is Performative a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
22
Words with Friends
25

The word Performative is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends

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