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Performing vs Performative - What's the difference?

performing | performative |

As nouns the difference between performing and performative

is that performing is performance while performative is a performative utterance.

As a verb performing

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective performative is

being enacted as it is said.

performing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • performance
  • * 1856 , Ralph Waldo Emerson, English traits (page 248)
    • Yet the misfortune of his life, his vast attempts but most inadequate performings , failing to accomplish any one masterpiece, seems to mark the closing of an era.

    Anagrams

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    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) ----