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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

behabitive en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.
    • 'God is good' is behabitive and commissive said by someone brought up in the Christian tradition, but may not be said by an animist of his high god. 1969, Robert W. Jenson, The Knowledge of Things Hoped For, page 117:

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behabitive en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A speech act by which an attitude is adopted.
    • As a behabitive, unsuccessful forgiveness is also connected to sincerity — in this case, a sincere willingness to work on oneself and eliminate resentment. 2001, Peter Digeser, Political Forgiveness, →ISBN, page 30:

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Coordinates

verdictive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · exercitive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · commissive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts) · expositive (Other classical types of illocutionary acts)