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factitive object
Language; General language
Another name for an object complement, i.e. a noun, pronoun, or adjective that modifies a direct object.
factual aptronym
Language; General language
An aptronym that names a real person (e.g. Larry Speakes was a Reagan-administration spokesman).
false cognates
Language; General language
Similar words in different languages that appear to have a common etymology but in fact do not.
false friends
Language; General language
Pairs of words in two languages or dialects that look and/or sound similar but have different meanings.
false passive
Language; General language
An expression in which the verb is active but the meaning is passive.
false splitting
Language; General language
A language-change process caused by the reinterpretation of word boundaries.
