Usually means: Speech act that enacts reality.
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  1. performative utterance: Wiktionary
  2. Performative utterance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. performative utterance: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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Definitions from Wiktionary (performative utterance)

noun:  (philosophy, linguistics) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.

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