perlocution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

/pɜləʊˈkjuʃən/ /pɜɹləˈkjuʃən/

perlocution perlocutions

From per- + locution.

locution illocution

perlocutionary perlocute

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