factive

English

Etymology

fact +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æktɪv

Adjective

factive (not comparable)

  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. (epistemology, of a knowing agent) which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

Noun

factive (plural factives)

  1. (grammar) A factive verb.
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