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Dictionary: fac·tic·i·ty   (făk-tĭs'ĭ-tē) pronunciation

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The quality or condition of being a fact: historical facticity.


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The question of its facticity is whether a commitment is apt for truth, because purporting to state a fact, as opposed to having some other function. See expressivism, projectivism, truth-apt.

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[fr. F. facticité, fr.G. faktizität, fr. faktum fact (fr. Latin factum) + -izität (fr. Latin -icitat-, -icitas -icity)]
the quality or state of being a fact: factuality  <historical facticity>
 
 
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