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illocution
noun
The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as opposed to the meaning of the terms used.
Word Frequency 1800~2019
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swooned
gaffe
unroll
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legislate
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subtract
dislocate
confront
slit
overshoot
stung
unvarying
persuaded
perlocution
locution
pragmalinguistics
explicature
articulation
addressing
vocable
clarifier
scope
prelocution
speaker
language
volition
formulation
utterance