factualityn.
/ˌfaktʃʊˈalᵻti/, /ˌfaktjʊˈalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌfæk(t)ʃəˈwælədi/ The state or quality of being factual; actuality, reality; realism of representation; truth to fact. Also: an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > quality of
factuality1859
facticity1869
factualness1893
facthood1907
1859 MacPhail's Edinb. Eccl. Jrnl. Feb. 89 The factuality of the latter [sc. Geology] has a foundation in the eternal and immutable verities of the former [sc. Theology].
1887 Christian Union 3 Mar. 18/2 When we find these among the facts, it makes us doubt the factuality of the facts.
1922 A. N. Whitehead Princ. Relativity ii. 15 If for one moment I may use the inadmissible word ‘Factuality’, it is in some ways better either than ‘fact’ or ‘totality’ for the expression of my meaning.
1948 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 13 45 Categorical statements of probability represent a fundamental category of knowledge whose meaning cannot be explicated by reduction to factualities.
1960 Times 15 Jan. 16/1 The Kitchen..begins as a study in a frightening factuality.
1978 Guardian Weekly 22 Jan. 18/1 The CIA can be an excellent source [of information], though..its offerings must be weighed for factuality and spin.
1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 3 This work came to be written—this long-toyed-with suggestion suddenly crystallized into factuality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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