ipso facto
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ipso facto
- /ˌɪpsəʊ ˈfæktəʊ/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin ipsō factō (“by the fact itself”).
adverb
- By that very fact itself; actually. Cope was not long in feeling him as operating on the unconscious assumption—unconscious, and therefore all the more damnable—that the young man in business constituted, ipso facto, a kind of norm by which other young men in other fields of endeavor were to be gauged: […]
adjective
- Being such by itself, or by its own definition; inherent. Is not the reading of another's diary an ipso facto act of voyeurism?
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adv by that fact
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| Français | ipso facto |
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| Italiano | ipso facto |
Talk about this word "ipso facto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ipso%20facto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ipso facto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ipso%20facto "ipso facto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ipso%20facto.Cite this
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