1
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality
some viewers complained that the TV docudrama was short on factuality and long on speculation
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2
as in reality
the quality of being actual
although this account of the scheme seems like it must be fiction, its very factuality makes it all the more fascinating
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for factuality
Noun
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Emily Mendenhall traces the medical myths, gender bias, and neurological truths behind hysteria, one of history’s most damaging diagnoses.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026 -
Reagan demonstrated that the most powerful weapon is truth and principles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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The disconnect between Netflix’s ambition and its stock performance stems from a clash between long-term strategy and short-term financial realities, according to two entertainment analysts and a corporate lawyer specialized in big takeovers.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Coastal evacuations and severe flooding incidents have become a reality for Milford homeowners.—
Maleena Muzio,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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Everyday Health follows strict sourcing guidelines to ensure the accuracy of its content, outlined in our editorial policy.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Teams would select for accuracy and work harder to hone it.—
Hannah Keyser,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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This was four years after Epstein had been given an 18-month jail sentence after pleading guilty to charges of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from someone under 18, but there is no indication that Lang and her father were aware of these facts.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those of us who have subscribed to your newspaper for decades realize that the truth and facts no longer fit your political agenda.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Feb. 2026
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Siddiqsons is seeing success with Axson Cryo—a fabric Abbas Jan, the mill’s director of sales and marketing, said offers brands a balance of authenticity, comfort and process innovation.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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Finalists were required to provide original image files during the final judging stage to verify the authenticity of their work and confirm that no AI tools were used in the creation of the images.—
Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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