Associations to the word «Performative»

Wiktionary

PERFORMATIVE, adjective. Being enacted as it is said.
PERFORMATIVE, noun. A performative utterance.
PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCE, noun. (philosophy) (linguistics) A sentence or other linguistic expression which, when expressed in an appropriate context, actually does or accomplishes something.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery