performative
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But underneath what seems promising, the beginnings of empathy and maybe healing, there’s something performative and calculated in this fast bond.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
He said Albadri had acted in an "absurd, performative fashion" which was "deliberately designed to draw attention to himself".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
There were no performative photo-ops with politicians or any ride-alongs with police.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
Editors are doing their jobs again, protecting the public by allowing less performative intellectual laziness in their pages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
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