behabitive

English

Adjective

behabitive (comparative more behabitive, superlative most behabitive)

1. (pragmatics) Adopting an attitude, by making an utterance.
   • 1969, Robert W. Jenson, The Knowledge of Things Hoped For‎^[1], page 117:

     '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.

Noun

behabitive (plural behabitives)

1. (pragmatics) A speech act by which an attitude is adopted.
   • 2001, Peter Digeser, Political Forgiveness‎^[2], →ISBN, page 30:

     As a behabitive, unsuccessful forgiveness is also connected to sincerity — in this case, a sincere willingness to work on oneself and eliminate resentment.

Coordinate terms

(Other classical types of illocutionary acts):

• behabitive
• commissive
• exercitive
• expositive
• verdictive