perlocution
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
perlocution/pɜːləˈkjuːʃn/
▶noun Philosophy & Linguistics an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim but which in itself does not effect or constitute the action, for example persuading or convincing.
– derivatives
perlocutionary adjective.
perlocutionary adjective.
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