facthoodn.
/ˈfakthʊd/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ˌhʊd/ Somewhat rare.
(a) The status of being a truth; acceptance as a fact. (b) The summation of all that has really occurred or is actually the case.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > quality of
factuality1859
facticity1869
factualness1893
facthood1907
1907 L. Spence Mythol. Anc. Mexico & Peru vi. 73 Unsubstantial theories which aspire to the honour of facthood.
1922 Polit. Sci. Q. 37 647 All wills says M. Duguit are equal, an assumption for which he no doubt would invoke the all-compelling power of facthood.
1945 C. S. Lewis Great Divorce v. 42 I will bring you to Eternal Fact, the Father of all other facthood.
1947 C. S. Lewis Miracles xi. 107 He is the opaque centre of all existences, the thing that simply and entirely is, the fountain of facthood.
1963 K. Hamilton Syst. & Gospel vii. 154 The bearing of what he says about myth on the status of facthood.
2009 J. A. Coyne Why Evol. is True i. 18 Evolution was a theory..when first proposed by Darwin, and since 1859 has graduated to ‘facthood’ as more and more supporting evidence has piled up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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