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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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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During Atlanta’s first preseason workout, Griner gathered a few younger players and delivered some hard truths.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025 -
This reflects a growing truth: emotional connection is a business asset.—
Jeff Fromm,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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At the heart of this guilt is often separation anxiety — a reality shaped by the travel demands of playing in the WNBA.—
Anthony De Leon,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2025
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The Celtics have to grow and adjust to the reality of their competition.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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The author makes no representation and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of information contained in this article.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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There’s so much tangible value that AI agents can bring to business leaders and to workers, improving efficiency and accuracy while freeing up humans to focus on what is uniquely human in their work, such as creative thinking, face-to-face engagement with others and ethical decision-making.—
Jim Stratton,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The ultimate message is one of dehumanization—treating people like pawns who can be moved at will around a global chessboard, to countries that sound less hospitable, and, in many cases, do, in fact, have poor human-rights records.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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In fact, five of their last 11 matches in the WSL were won with goals in the final eight minutes of the match, three in injury time, including the 1-0 win against Liverpool on the season’s final day.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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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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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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“Factuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factuality. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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