perlocution

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perlocution [ˌpɜːlɒˈkjuːʃən]

(Linguistics) Philosophy the effect that someone has by uttering certain words, such as frightening a person Also called perlocutionary act Compare illocution

[C16 (in the obsolete sense: the action of speaking): from Medieval or New Latin perlocūtiō; see per-, locution]

perlocutionary adj

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