facticity
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fac·tic·i·ty

noun \fak-ˈti-sə-tē\

Definition of FACTICITY

: the quality or state of being a fact

Examples of FACTICITY

  1. <the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public>

Origin of FACTICITY

French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum fact, from Latin factum
First Known Use: 1945

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