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Meaning of performative contradiction

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

performative

noun

Definitions

  1. A performative utterance.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Being enacted as it is said.

    Example: An example of a performative utterance would be "I name this boat Alfred".

  2. Being done as a performance in order to create an impression.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/performative

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contradictionparadoxphysical paradoxironyself-refuting ideatemporal paradoxsemantic ambiguityoxymoron