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illocution
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illocution [ˌɪləˈkjuːʃən]
n
(Philosophy) Philosophy an act performed by a speaker by virtue of uttering certain words, as for example the acts of promising or of threatening Also called illocutionary act See also performative Compare perlocution
[from il- + locution]
illocutionary  adj
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