factive
English
adj
Definitions
- (grammar) Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims assumed to be true.
- (epistemology) Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
Etymology
Suffix from English fact.
Origin
English
fact
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antefact English
- anti-fact English
- contrafactive English
- fact English
- fact-checking English
- factbook English
- factette English
- factfile English
- factfinder English
- factful English
- facthood English
- factic English
- facticity English
- factify English
- factiveness English
- factivity English
- factless English
- factlet English
- factness English
- factoid English
- factual English
- facty English
- misfact English
- nonfact English
- nonfactive English
- postfact English
- pseudofact English
- science fact English
- unfact English
- wordfact English
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- ファクト Japanese