performative
Example Sentences
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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
It looks like performative hydration, but it’s literally because if I don’t challenge myself to drink water, I just won’t drink water at all.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Not even doing the performative card-reach for the food is bold.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
She also argues it's "performative… a way to rebel. 'I'm going to play music, watch stuff', that's a way to express who you are, what your tastes are."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 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
