Usually means: Effect of speech on listener.
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  1. perlocution: Merriam-Webster
  2. perlocution: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. perlocution: Collins English Dictionary
  4. perlocution: Wiktionary
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  6. Perlocution: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. perlocution: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  8. perlocution: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  (linguistics) The effect the terms used by a speaker can have on another speaker and their emotions and responses.

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