factuality

English

Etymology

From factual +‎ -ity.

Noun

factuality (countable and uncountable, plural factualities)

1. The state or quality of being factual.

   Synonyms: facticity, factualness

2. That which is factual.

   Synonym: facticity

   • 2007 November 7, Samuel G. Freedman, “New Class(room) War: Teacher vs. Technology”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Just as fiction can limn truths beyond the grasp of factuality, Professor Nazemis' act of guerrilla theater, which he recounted last week in a telephone interview, attested to the exasperation of countless teachers and professors in the computer era.

Related terms

• factually

Translations

state or quality of being factual

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真实性 (zh) (zhēnshíxìng)

• Czech: faktičnost f
• Finnish: tosiasiallisuus, faktuaalisuus
• Hungarian: tényszerűség (hu)

that which is factual

• Finnish: todellisuus (fi)