factuality

factuality

English

Etymology

factual +‎ -ity

Noun

factuality (countable and uncountable, plural factualities)

1. The state or quality of being factual.
2. That which is factual.
   • 2007 November 7, Samuel G. Freedman, “New Class(room) War: Teacher vs. Technology”, in New York Times‎:

     Just as fiction can limn truths beyond the grasp of factuality, Professor Nazemis' act of guerrilla theater, which he recounted last week in a telephone interview, attested to the exasperation of countless teachers and professors in the computer era.

Related terms

• factually

Translations

state or quality of being factual

Chinese: Mandarin: 真实性 (zh)

Czech: faktičnost f Finnish: tosiasiallisuus, faktuaalisuus

that which is factual

Finnish: todellisuus (fi)