Usually means: Creation of reality through action.
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  1. performativity: Merriam-Webster
  2. performativity: Wordnik
  3. performativity: Wiktionary
  4. Performativity: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (performativity)

noun:  (philosophy) The capacity of language and expressive actions to perform a type of being.
noun:  The quality of being performative.

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