performative

12 letters · adjective · scores 3,800 in SpellHuntr

adjective

Being enacted as it is said.

Performative in a sentence

Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.

After the photos of Jenner and Elordi were published there was a stream of online discourse stating we had entered an era of performative reading.

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