factualism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- factualist noun
- factualistic adjective
Etymology
Origin of factualism
Example Sentences
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“It’s when they can combine that you get something fertile and living and leading forward. Mysticism—which is a word my father held in contempt, basically—and scientific factualism, need for evidence, and so on . . . I do try to juggle them, quite consciously.”
From The New Yorker
Factualism used to be an occasion for mockery.
From Newsweek
A more mild solution: fight factualism.
From Newsweek
Man seeks escape from pressures of another kind�the weight of desiccating factualism and the steel girders of civilization which he has built around him to shut out the night and the enemy, nature.
From Time Magazine Archive
The eleven articles would take few prizes for good writing, but their unemotional factualism and scope made them an impressive job of reporting.
From Time Magazine Archive
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