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factive en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English fact Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English factive From fact + -ive.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, 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:
2. (not-comparable, of a knowing agent) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

Antonyms

nonfactive · contrafactive

Coordinates

factual · counterfactual

Deriveds

factively · contrafactive · factiveness · nonfactive · factivity

Relateds

factitive · benefactive · malefactive · abortifactive

Translations (2)

pl faktywny (Translations) · de faktiv (Translations)

factive en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English fact Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English factive From fact + -ive.

Meanings

1. A factive verb.

Forms

factive en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From New Latin factīvus, from Latin facere (“to make”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Making; creative.

factive en · NOUN · etymology 3

Etymology

Blend of fact + fictive

Meanings

1. (Internet, qualifier:multiplicity slang; living character subculture; multiplicity slang; living character subculture) A fictive taking its source from a physical person rather than a fictional work.

Forms

Relateds

fictive · introject