Dictionary
con•sta•tive
Pronunciation: (kun-stā'tiv), [key] Philos., Ling.
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adj.
(of an utterance) describing a state of affairs; making a statement that can be said to be true or false.
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n.
a constative utterance. Cf.
performative.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.