factive
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -æktɪv
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
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factive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
- (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
factive (plural factives)
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
factive (not comparable)