Factive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Factive is an adjective meaning (grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
Meaning
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
More Meanings
- (epistemology, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
- (grammar) A factive verb.
- (obsolete) Making; creative.
Example Sentences
Under this account, verbs like forget and remember are classified as factive (1) and verbs like think and believe as nonfactive (2).
Word Forms
- factives
Antonyms for factive
Common opposites include nonfactive, contrafactive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stative, factful, ventive, licensable, dynamic, eventive.
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