Definition of facticity
: the quality or state of being a fact
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Examples of facticity in a Sentence
the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public
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Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research.
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Origin and Etymology of facticity
French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum fact, from Latin factum
facticity Synonyms
Synonyms
truth, factuality, sooth, trueness, verityAntonyms
falseness, falsity, untruthRelated Words
accuracy, accurateness, actuality, authenticity, correctness; credibility, honesty, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, veracity; dependability, reliabilityNear Antonyms
erroneousness, fallaciousness, fallacy; falsehood, fiction, half-truth, lie; impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, incorrectness, inexactitude, inexactness; deceit, dishonesty, equivocation, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, prevarication, untruthfulnessLearn More about facticity
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