facticity

noun
/fækˈtɪsɪti/UK/fækˈtɪsɪti/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from Faktizität

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being a fact.

  2. In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such…

    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.

  3. A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

    • Near-synonyms: given, axiom, postulate

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No curated loop yet for facticity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA