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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Noun

Swift appears as the ghost of Farrell’s former wife, warning Johnson about her husband and revealing the dark truth behind his past.

— Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2026
As with the Yale-set After the Hunt, Guadagnino and the production designer Stefano Baisi grew obsessed with verisimilitude as an index of truth.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

Crews used laser levels and temporary adhesive to fix items to the walls, checking their work for accuracy against renderings of the actual office before nailing many adornments to the walls.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Despite the slight blue shift, most people will find the P1's color accuracy more than acceptable.

— M. David Stone, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of accuracy

Noun

GPTZero’s authenticity suite, including AI and hallucination detection, plagiarism checking, and writing replay, has been added to Superhuman’s platform.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Any choice for or against the work, including the choice of no-choice—of indifference or disregard—confronts the question of authenticity.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of authenticity

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