perlocutionary
adjective/ˌpɜːləˈkjuːʃənəri/
/ˌpɜːrləˈkjuːʃəneri/
(linguistics)- connected with an act of speaking or writing which has an action as its aim, but which does not itself perform that action, for example persuading or convincing
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perlocutionary