Synonyms of facticity

facticity

noun

fak-ˈti-sə-tē 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• truth
• accuracy
• authenticity
• truthfulness
• factuality
• reliability
• verity
• credibility
• trueness
• sooth
• correctness
• trustworthiness
• veracity
• accurateness
• actuality
• dependability
• honesty
• trustability
• trustiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falsity
• untruth
• falseness
• fiction
• fallacy
• lie
• falsehood
• erroneousness
• inaccuracy
• fallaciousness
• imprecision
• incorrectness
• half-truth
• inexactness
• inexactitude
• lying
• untruthfulness
• dishonesty
• deceit
• equivocation
• mendacity
• prevarication
• impreciseness
• mendaciousness

Example Sentences

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