factive
/F AE1 K T IH0 V/noun
- 1
(grammar) A factive verb.
adjective
- 1
(grammar, of a verb) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
“You can't say that somebody "discovered" the Moon to be made of green cheese, because "discover" is a factive verb and the Moon isn't made of green cheese.”
- 2
(of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
adjective
- 1
Making.
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