Factive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.
noun
  1. a factive expression.
adjective
  1. (of a linguistic context) giving rise to the presupposition that a sentence occurring in that context is true, as John regrets that Mary did not attend
Factive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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