# factive

> English word · Adjective

## Definitions
1. Licensing only those content clauses that represent claims that are (known or believed with certainty to be) true.
2. Which does not know any falsities: which knows only truths.

## Etymology
From fact + -ive.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/factive