1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factuality
Noun
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Often reduced to a greeting or a commodity, aloha is, in practice, a way of living—rooted in deep love, truth, and connection.—
Wassan Al-Khudhairi,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026 -
In truth, the slow starts, the disjointed offense and the disconnected defense haven’t been Knicks miscues unique to road games this season.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beyond that, Musk’s plans to manufacture millions of chips and robots aren’t close to becoming a reality.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Boston Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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The reality star, 38, is featured as a core cast member in the new Bravo franchise’s inaugural season, which premiered on Thursday, April 2, marking her return to reality TV after getting her start on The Bachelor over a decade ago.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Football kickers want to keep their shoulders and chest square to the ball when kicking, which ensures better accuracy.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2026
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The league is steadfast about its accuracy.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lemann had not included any facts or details about the trial.—
Brandy Jensen,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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So the fact that my mom had it doesn't make any sense.—
Cristian Benavides,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The result is a document that has its own authenticity but is by no means a transcription of the actual conversation that took place.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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And everyone has been caught slow dancing in dive bars with rockstar, brand evangelist, the customer journey and, of course, authenticity.—
Bruce Stockler,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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This new discipline borrowed features from philology and belles lettres—period specialization and close reading, respectively—but abjured their emphasis on facticity and appreciation in favor of a new goal: interpretation.—
Evan Kindley,
The New York Review of Books,
16 Feb. 2023
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Caruth’s determination to cleave simultaneously to the idea both that the traumatic memory is the only historic fact the individual possesses and that this facticity remains incapable of adequate representation is paradoxical bordering on the perverse.—
Will Self,
Harper's Magazine,
23 Nov. 2021
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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