ex facto

[eks fahk-toh, eks fak-toh]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

Latin.

according to fact; actually.

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He has learned that in the practice of his art; and he will never learn it well, but when disengaged from the ardent struggle of immediate representation, of realistic and ex facto art.