Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

behabitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-habitive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.

noun

A speech act by which an attitude is adopted.

Example Sentences

"'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."
"As a behabitive, unsuccessful forgiveness is also connected to sincerity — in this case, a sincere willingness to work on oneself and eliminate resentment."

Inflected Forms

more behabitive (comparative) most behabitive (superlative) behabitives (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

commissive exercitive expositive verdictive

Questions

What does behabitive mean?: Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.

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