"factuality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: factualities [plural]
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  1. The state or quality of being factual. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: facticity, factualness Coordinate_terms: factivity, factiveness Translations (state or quality of being factual): 真实性 (zhēnshíxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), faktičnost [feminine] (Czech), tosiasiallisuus (Finnish), faktuaalisuus (Finnish), tényszerűség (Hungarian), factualidade (Portuguese), facticidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-factuality-en-noun-UUgk9c1p Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 88 12 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of 'state or quality of being factual': 93 7
  2. That which is factual. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: facticity Translations (that which is factual): todellisuus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-factuality-en-noun-dYotDKqs Disambiguation of 'that which is factual': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: factually

Inflected forms

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