performative
Example Sentences
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Not even doing the performative card-reach for the food is bold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Refusing to tear my clothes and smear ashes on my face in performative mourning for a white man that espoused violence is … not the same as violence,” Attiah said in another post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
“But I don’t. That’s me being performative, like, trying desperately to buy the right clothes.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Two tall, armed police officers, wearing balaclavas, stood either side of a handcuffed Ahmadzai as they led him, in what felt like quite a performative manner, past the reporters.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
I could see now that there was a performative piece to politics that I hadn’t yet fully mastered.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
