Synonyms for performative
pərˈfɔr mə tɪvper·for·ma·tive

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1. theatrical

   over-exaggerated; artificial

   her outburst was merely theatrical.

   Submitted by oddsocksarecool on August 20, 2019  

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1. Izzy Obeng:

   It's a mixed bag, the challenge is that there are a lot of performative gestures, but not enough investors looking into the data on investment in Black-owned startups, and also at the funds being created by Black fund managers and the amount going to diverse founders.

2. George Floyd:

   If you’re leaving it to people that do n’t understand these concepts to try and execute a strategy to fix them, I can not see how that is anything more than performative allyship.

3. Ohio Whether Buttigieg:

   Sometimes people need policy work, and sometimes people need performative work, and to get to this level, you’ve got to be ready to serve up both.

4. Utah Kate Lyn Sheil:

   The way I do prepare as an actor is usually a much more private affair, so there is a performative quality to all of that stuff, you have to take something that is internal and externalize it, because Robert needed to see it for the camera.

5. Greg Abbott:

   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott . has taken the view that while talk is an important and necessary part of performative politics, of capturing the attention and retaining the support of Ruth Wasem Republican base, since Donald Trump became president Ruth Wasem actually benefit by doing something.