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il⋅lo⋅cu⋅tion⋅ar⋅y
/
ˌɪl
əˈkyu
ʃəˌnɛr
i
/
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il-
uh
-
kyoo
-sh
uh
-ner-ee
]
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–adjective
Philosophy,
Linguistics
.
pertaining to a linguistic act performed by a speaker in producing an utterance, as suggesting, warning, promising, or requesting.
Compare
locutionary
,
perlocutionary
.
Origin:
1950–55;
il-
1
+
locution
+
-ary
Related forms:
il⋅lo⋅cu⋅tion,
noun
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[il-uh-kyoo-shuh-ner-ee] 
əˈkyu