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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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The moment of truth is just about here.
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Shifting loyalties, complicated emotions, and unexpected challenges force their circle to confront difficult truths, as new opportunities and past tensions collide—raising the stakes and setting the stage for lasting consequences.
Noun
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Despite concerns about the accuracy of the records in the new system, Sooknanan said, the administration shared the database with states, which used it on their rolls.
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But it is being pitched to the general public, albeit to those who care about accuracy.
Noun
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However, officials have said little about the authenticity of the letters, leaving questions about their authenticity unanswered.
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That is what the usual advice about authenticity often misses.
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“Facticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facticity. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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