facticity
English
/fækˈtɪsɪti/, /fækˈtɪsɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact.
- (uncountable) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
- (countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
Etymology
Suffix from English fact derived from German Faktizität.
Origin
German (Berlin)
Faktizität
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antefact English
- anti-fact English
- fact English
- fact-checking English
- factbook English
- factette English
- factfile English
- factfinder English
- factful English
- facthood English
- factic English
- factify English
- factive English
- factless English
- factlet English
- factness English
- factoid English
- factual English
- facty English
- misfact English
- nonfact English
- postfact English
- pseudofact English
- science fact English
- unfact English
- wordfact English
- Faktizität German
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- ファクト Japanese