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Noun: subjunctive mood
  1. A mood that represents an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible
    "In 'If I were you', 'were' is in the subjunctive mood";
    - subjunctive

Derived forms: subjunctive moods

Type of: modality, mode, mood

Encyclopedia: Subjunctive mood