The meaning of PERFORMATIVE is relating to or marked by public, often artistic performance. How to use performative in a sentence.

PERFORMATIVE definition: (of an expression or statement) performing an act by the very fact of being uttered, as with the expression “I promise,” that performs the act of promising. See examples of …

PERFORMATIVE definition: 1. involving an artistic or acting performance: 2. not sincere but intended to impress someone…. Learn more.

Performative means relating to or involving theatrical or artistic performance. The style of his performative self-portraits certainly prefigures the age of the selfie. The show reflects the …

The performative turn is a paradigmatic shift in the humanities and social sciences that affected such disciplines as anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, ethnography, history and the relatively young …

performative, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Definition of performative adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.