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Definition of perlocution noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

perlocution

noun

NAmE//ˌpərləˈkyuʃn//

[uncountable, countable] (linguistics)

an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim, but which does not itself perform that action, for example persuading or convincing

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perlocutionary

NAmE//ˌpərləˈkyuʃəˌnɛri//

adjectiveSee perlocution in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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