factuality

factuality

noun

Definition of FACTUALITY

1

agreement with fact or reality <some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation>

Synonyms facticity, factuality, sooth, trueness, verity

Related Words accuracy, accurateness, actuality, authenticity, correctness; credibility, honesty, trustability, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, veracity; dependability, reliability

Near Antonyms erroneousness, fallaciousness, fallacy; falsehood, fiction, half-truth, lie; impreciseness, imprecision, inaccuracy, incorrectness, inexactitude, inexactness; deceit, dishonesty, equivocation, lying, mendaciousness, mendacity, prevarication, untruthfulness

Antonyms falseness, falsity, untruth

2

the quality of being actual <although this account of the murders seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating>

Synonyms actuality, factuality, materiality, reality

Related Words authenticity, genuineness, truth, verity

Near Antonyms fancy, fantasy (also phantasy), fiction, fictitiousness; dreaminess, surreality

Antonyms irreality, unreality