malefactive
Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action.
Antonyms: benefactive
Origin
Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive.
Noun
- A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case.
Antonyms: benefactive