factive.
Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
Meaning & usage
Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.
Where this word comes from
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.
A factive verb.
Where this word comes from
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.
Making; creative.
Where this word comes from
From New Latin factīvus, from Latin facere (“to make”).
A fictive taking its source from a physical person rather than a fictional work.
Where this word comes from
Blend of fact + fictive
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