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nonfactive

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English

Etymology

From non- + factive.

Adjective

nonfactive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar, epistemology) Not factive.
    • 2003, Petra Schulz, Factivity: Its Nature and Acquisition, de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 2:
      Under this account, verbs like forget and remember are classified as factive (1) and verbs like think and believe as nonfactive (2).

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