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
  • In truth, the revenge scheme that nearly ended the life of Nicholas Ravenscroft started with Stephen.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Unfortunately, there’s no experimental evidence suggesting any truth to this.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of truth
Noun
  • But that’s the reality for Minnesota at the moment.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Despite these realities, hosts of explorers have claimed to have found the legendary ship.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
Definition of reality
Noun
  • With these two studies, researchers showed for the first time that debate may make a difference in allowing other AI systems to judge the accuracy of an LLM’s pronouncements.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The report includes certifications required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, affirming the accuracy of the financial statements and the effectiveness of the fund's internal controls over financial reporting.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of accuracy
Noun
  • In fact, pet owners should be vigilant and make sure their pets avoid tainted food or poison.
    Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Our data suggests the real risk that these projects and projects like them face isn’t slow demand for electric vehicles, as some people have suggested – in fact, demand continues to climb.
    James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 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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