constative

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kən stā′tiv)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
con•sta•tive  (kən stā′tiv),USA pronunciation [Philos., Ling.]
adj. 
  1. Linguistics, Philosophy(of an utterance) describing a state of affairs;
    making a statement that can be said to be true or false.

n. 
  1. 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

'constative' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
performative

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