factive
nounEtymology From fact + -ive.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences A factive verb.
factive
adjEtymology From fact + -ive.
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Of a verb Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
- Under this account, verbs like forget and remember are classified as factive (1) and verbs like think and believe as nonfactive (2).2003, Petra Schulz, Factivity: Its Nature and Acquisition, de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 2:
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Epistemology, Human sciences, Philosophy, Sciences Of a knowing agent Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
- Derived terms
- contrafactive, factively, factiveness, factivity, nonfactive
- Related terms
- abortifactive, benefactive, factitive, malefactive