ENGLISH → NEPALI
performative
01
adjective
निष्ठारहित, अप्रामाणिक वा दाखोबाज; पूर्ण वा मुख्यतः प्रदर्शनका रूपमा गरिएको, छाप पार्न वा प्रतिष्ठा बढाउन
Insincere, inauthentic or disingenuous; done solely or largely as a performance, to produce an impression or enhance one's reputation.
In a sentence
We were beginning to suspect that her ethical qualms were sometimes performative, as the urgent need for fairness and justice seemed to apply to some people but not to others.
उनका नैतिक आपत्ति कहिलेकाहीँ दाखोबाज हुन् भन्ने हामीलाई शङ्का लाग्न थालेको थियो, किनभने न्याय र निष्पक्षताको तात्कालिक आवश्यकता केही मानिसलाई मात्र लागू हुने जस्तो देखिन्थ्यो।
02
adjective
भनिसक्दै कार्यरूपमा परिणत हुने
Being enacted as it is said.
In a sentence
Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage.
विवाह समारोहमा ‘हो, म स्वीकार गर्छु’ भन्नु क्रियात्मक हो, जसले विवाह सम्पन्न गराउँछ।