factive — English Dictionary

Adjective

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

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a verb

   Antonyms

   nonfactivecontrafactive

   Examples

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

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

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a knowing agent

Noun

1. A factive verb.

Adjective

1. Making; creative.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete

Noun

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

   Usage

   • Internet

   Related words

   fictiveintroject