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Recent Examples of facticity 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 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 Conversant with digital media — iPhone animation, in Ms. Sillman’s case — yet committed to the facticity of paint. Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facticity
Noun
  • Personal truth meets public image pressure.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Rather, the wretched truth is a reminder that history’s wins are often, if not always, accompanied by terrible loss — that, sometimes, what was cast as victory may have actually been defeat.
    Andrea Williams, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Everyday Health follows strict sourcing guidelines to ensure the accuracy of its content, outlined in our editorial policy.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The slit details in the pencil skirts, sleek coats and color block knits and the mille-feuille dresses tapped into the codes of Jil Sander with great accuracy.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Most impressive of all is the pedal box, tuned to mimic the short, heavy action of motorsport brakes—an authenticity simulators rarely capture.
    Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The series maintains historical authenticity while adding dramatic elements to enhance the storytelling.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Facticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facticity. Accessed 4 Oct. 2025.

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