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
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.
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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
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
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In truth, there were many factors behind the fall of the Soviet Union — Ronald Reagan’s Star Wars program and other geopolitical provocations, the drop in oil prices, drastic leadership mistakes like the war in Afghanistan, a misguided alcohol policy, and [Mikhail] Gorbachev’s reforms.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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In truth, the patriots’ path to victory was a near decade-long slog characterized by a string of strange bedfellows, strained alliances, and dramatic reversals.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And hospitals are moving quickly to adopt it, drawn by the promise of lower costs and sharper diagnostic accuracy.—
Dr. Nicholas Cozzi,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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However, anesthesia, commonly used during experiments, alters brain activity and blood circulation, affecting the accuracy of results.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Nov. 2025
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Austria’s former imperial court jeweler, Christoph Köchert, has since examined the diamond and confirmed its authenticity.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The brand's redesign, which was market tested by consumers, is aimed to appeal to the needs of home chefs who report to value authenticity, transparency, and responsible sourcing, as well as inclusion of global flavors.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Facticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facticity. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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