Meanings
plural factualities
- countableuncountableThat which is factual.
Just as fiction can limn truths beyond the grasp of factuality, Professor Nazemis' act of guerrilla theater, which he recounted last week in a telephone interview, attested to the exasperation of countless teachers and professors in the computer era.
2007 November 7, Samuel G. Freedman, “New Class(room) War: Teacher vs. Technology”, in New York TimesSynonyms: facticity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or quality of being factual.
nounThat which is factual.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being actual or based on fact
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 真实性
- 真实性 (zhēnshíxìng)state or quality of being factual
Czech faktičnost
- faktičnoststate or quality of being factual
Finnish tosiasiallisuus, faktuaalisuus
- tosiasiallisuusstate or quality of being factual
- faktuaalisuusstate or quality of being factual
- todellisuusthat which is factual
Hungarian tényszerűség
- tényszerűségstate or quality of being factual
Portuguese factualidade
- factualidadestate or quality of being factual
Spanish facticidad
- facticidadstate or quality of being factual
Cite this entry
factuality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factuality
“factuality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factuality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factuality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factuality.
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