ABSTRACT
The English word “corrective,” like the Danish, derives from the Latin correctivus. Its lexical meaning in Danish is a work or activity that makes something better or right.1 The modern Danish spelling is korrektiv, but Kierkegaard prefers the form Correctiv. Though he sometimes uses more traditional Danish words that are translated as “corrective” (e.g., Berigtigelse), Kierkegaard reserves the Latin variant as a technical term.
