PERFORMATIVE

Etymology

Adjective

performative (comparative more performative, superlative most performative)

(philosophy, linguistics) Being enacted as it is said.

Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.

Synonyms

• performatory

• workly

Noun

performative (plural performatives)

A performative utterance.

Anagrams

• preformative

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

14 January 2025

SUCH

(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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