FACTICITY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

facticity

noun

fak-ˈti-sə-tē

Definition of facticity

as in truth

agreement with fact or reality the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public

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Recent Examples of facticity An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel. — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020 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. — Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017

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On the other, the inconvenient truth for the big-spending Premier League that the world’s best players continue to choose Real Madrid and domestic rivals Barcelona over them.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
That is one of many truths expressed by the films of American documentarian Robert Greene, whose work for the past couple of decades has explored the thin line between fiction and reality.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

His kicking has the combination of distance and accuracy required to bypass a high press and immediately turn a defensive phase into an attacking one.

— Matt Pyzdrowski, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Quantum sensors helped an aircraft navigate over the Pacific without GPS, improving position accuracy by 89%.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026

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