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facticity

/fækˈtɪsɪti/ UK
/fækˈtɪsɪti/ US
[-ɾi] US

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From fact + -icity, possibly modelled on German Faktizität which first appeared in the writings of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).

noun facticities

uncountable, usually The quality or state of being a fact. [F]rom the earliest times down to the middle of the last century the writers of the Jewish and Christian Churches, with the exception of the Deists in England and of some isolated views, unanimously held fast the facticity of the events recorded in this book [the Book of Jonah in the Bible].
Similar: factuality, factualness
specifically, uncountable, usually 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. For as sure as the absolute knowledge (in the infinite facticity—actual existence—of each single knowledge) is only in the absolute form of the For-itself, so sure each knowledge goes also beyond itself; or, viewed from another point, is in its own Being absolutely outside of itself, and encircles i
Similar: dasein, thrownness
countable, usually A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. Near-synonyms: given, axiom, postulate
Similar: given, axiom, postulate

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noun quality or state of being a fact

Español	facticidad
Français	facticité
Italiano	fatticità
العربية	وَاقِعِيَّة wāqiʕiyya

noun 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

Español	facticidad
Português	facticidade
Français	facticité
Deutsch	Faktizität
Italiano	fatticità

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@misc{facticity_2026,
  title = {facticity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/facticity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}