Behabitive
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A speech act by which an attitude is adopted.
"As a behabitive, unsuccessful forgiveness is also connected to sincerity — in this case, a sincere willingness to work on oneself and eliminate resentment."
Adjective
- 1 Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.
"'God is good' is behabitive and commissive said by someone brought up in the Christian tradition, but may not be said by an animist of his high god."
Example
More examples"'God is good' is behabitive and commissive said by someone brought up in the Christian tradition, but may not be said by an animist of his high god."
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