performative meaning

• adjective
    Of a statement or verb that itself constitutes the action described, eg I confess my ignorance
    noun
    Such a statement, to constative

Examples

1. recognition of language performative translation
2. the movement of body in intelligible forms is the common origin of music, dancing and performative arts
3. she reveals that noncustodial mothering presents a cultural paradox that foregrounds the dialecticalmovement between a competent performance and a performative competence of mothering
4. Laruelle believes that both philosophy and non-philosophy are performative.
5. It is a performative, rather than a compositional, style.