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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•sta•tive (kən stā′tiv),USA pronunciation [Philos., Ling.]adj. - Linguistics, Philosophy(of an utterance) describing a state of affairs;
making a statement that can be said to be true or false.
n. - Linguistics, Philosophy, Philosophya constative utterance. Cf. performative.
- French constat(er) to affirm, verify (apparently verb, verbal derivative of Latin constat (it) is apparent, 3d singular present of constāre; compare constant) + -ive
- probably 1900–05
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