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Facticity vs Factual - What's the difference?

facticity | factual |

As a noun facticity

is the quality or state of being a fact.

As an adjective factual is

of or characterised by or consisting of facts.

facticity

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality or state of being a fact
  • The quality or state of being factitious (eg in existentialism)

    • factual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or characterised by or consisting of facts.

    • Derived terms

    * factualism * factualist * factuality

    Related terms

    * fact * counterfactual * de facto

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