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, 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, ISBN 0801438101, 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.

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