Performative
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Performative
Adjective
- Being enacted as it is said.
"Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage."
- Insincere, inauthentic or disingenuous; done solely or largely as a performance, to produce an impression or enhance one's reputation.
"We were beginning to suspect that her ethical qualms were sometimes performative, as the urgent need for fairness and justice seemed to apply to some people but not to others."
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