Definition of "perlocutionary" []

• Of or pertaining to perlocution. (adjective)

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• "David: You may not mean it that way, but the perlocutionary effect could be the same as a put-down."
• "The perlocutionary success of performance hinges, though, on the possibility of "recognition," a word undoubtedly redolent of continental philosophical contexts not usually containable by this Anglo/American approach."
• "We know from the theoreticians of pragmatics that there's a useful distinction to be drawn between intended and actual perlocutionary effects, but this is usually discussed with reference to the effect of an utterance on the persons we are talking to."