facticity

American  

[fak-tis-i-tee] / fækˈtɪs ɪ ti /

noun

1. the condition or quality of being a fact; factuality.

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Etymology

Origin of facticity

1940–45; fact + -icity ( -ic + -ity ), perhaps after authenticity

Example Sentences

Perhaps most significantly, "Midas Man" serves as a cautionary tale of sorts about the urgent need for facticity in contemporary cinema.

From Salon

The American legal system, indeed any legal system, is a search for truth, facticity, conclusion, and resolution.

From Slate

She said Psaki had a “facticity to her work that is characteristic of good press secretaries and it presupposes confidence. It presupposes access to the president. It presupposes an understanding of what the administration’s position is that proves to be true.”

From Seattle Times

Because no institution of facticity can contain them.

From Slate

So, willy-nilly, a little fragment of problematic facticity was let loose in the world.

From Literature