Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

factive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fac-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.

adj

Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

noun

A factive verb.

adj

Making; creative.

Obsolete

noun

A fictive taking its source from a physical person rather than a fictional work.

Example Sentences

"Under this account, verbs like forget and remember are classified as factive (1) and verbs like think and believe as nonfactive (2)."

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: factīvus, facere

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

factives (plural)

Derived Forms

contrafactive factively factiveness factivity nonfactive

Frequently Paired Words

abortifactive benefactive factitive malefactive factual counterfactual fictive introject

Antonyms

nonfactive contrafactive

Rhymes With

active attractive interactive radioactive inactive reactive proactive unattractive refractive hyperactive extractive overactive

Questions

What does factive mean?: Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
Where does factive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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