facticity
noun
fac·tic·i·ty fak-ˈti-sə-tē 
: the quality or state of being a fact
Synonyms
- factuality
- sooth
- trueness
- truth
- verity
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public
Recent Examples on the Web Conversant with digital media — iPhone animation, in Ms. Sillman’s case — yet committed to the facticity of paint. 
Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020 An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020 Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research. Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017
Jason Farago, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020 An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel. Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2020 Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research. Jacob Silverman, New Republic, 16 Aug. 2017 Word History
Etymology
fact + -icity (as in authenticity), perhaps after German Faktizität
First Known Use
1869, in the meaning defined above
facticity
noun
as in truth
agreement with fact or reality the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- truth
- accuracy
- authenticity
- truthfulness
- factuality
- reliability
- verity
- credibility
- trueness
- sooth
- correctness
- trustworthiness
- veracity
- accurateness
- actuality
- dependability
- trustability
- trustiness
- honesty
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- falsity
- untruth
- falseness
- erroneousness
- fiction
- fallaciousness
- fallacy
- falsehood
- lie
- inexactness
- imprecision
- inexactitude
- incorrectness
- inaccuracy
- impreciseness
- untruthfulness
- mendacity
- prevarication
- equivocation
- lying
- dishonesty
- deceit
- mendaciousness
- half-truth
- buildouts
- builds
- builds a fire under
- builds around
- builds in
- builds onto
- builds up
- buildup
- buildups
- built
- built a fire under
- built around
- built in
- built like a brick shithouse
- built onto
- built up
- built-in
- built-in obsolescence
- built-in/planned obsolescence
- built-ins
- built-up
- built-up fraction
- built-up gun
- built-up mast
- buird