factuality

noun

Definition of factualitynext
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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  1. truth
  2. reality
  3. accuracy
  4. fact
  5. facticity
Noun
  • Some policing experts say that, properly used, the method can elicit truth from criminals who are lying.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In truth, a coach isn’t needed to come up with these agreements, but in my experience, some teams don’t prioritize them.
    Vlad Dutescu, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of truth
Noun
  • The reality is this case seems primed for a settlement.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Yet beneath this glossy exterior lies a raw reality that few discuss openly.
    Bhanu Jagasia, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of reality
Noun
  • Today’s difficulty The difficulty score is an average rating from our testers, who play the game in advance to check for quality and accuracy.
    Mark Cooper, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Indeed, a scholar at West Point, assessing the Israeli programs, observed that more information could make for greater accuracy.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of accuracy
Noun
  • In fact, in the wake of the oil shocks, his main policy proposal was for solar power.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The personalized license plate requests that are submitted to the state Department of Motor Vehicles in fact come in all sorts of styles of words and quips, despite being limited by the size, shape and color of the metal markers every driver in Connecticut must attach to their vehicle.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of fact
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 2 Jan. 2025.

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