ALL meanings of factive
fac·tive
F f - adjective factive (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. 1
- noun factive a factive expression. 1
- adjective factive (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 0