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Performative vs Preformative - What's the difference?

performative | preformative |

As nouns the difference between performative and preformative

is that performative is a performative utterance while preformative is a formative letter at the beginning of a word.

As an adjective performative

is being enacted as it is said.

performative

English

(wikipedia performative)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being enacted as it is said.
    • An example of a performative utterance could be, "I name this boat ''Alfred''".

    Related terms

    * performativity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A performative utterance.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) ----

    preformative

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A formative letter at the beginning of a word.
    • (Webster 1913)