nonfactive

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adjective

Not factive.

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Meanings

adjectivenonfactive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableepistemologyNot factive.

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

    2003, Petra Schulz, Factivity: Its Nature and Acquisition, de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 2

Origin

From non- + factive.

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Translations

German nichtfaktiv
  • nichtfaktivTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

nonfactive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactive

MLA

“nonfactive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfactive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfactive.

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