ipso facto
adv/ˌɪpsəʊ ˈfæktəʊ/UK
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ipsō factō (“by the same fact”).
- borrowed from ipsō factō
Definitions
By that very fact itself
By that very fact itself; actually.
- We've imbued "natural food" with such virtuous connotations that meat supposedly raised according to the law of nature is, ipso facto, thought to be an ethically worthwhile choice.
Being such by itself, or by its own definition
Being such by itself, or by its own definition; inherent.
- Is not the reading of another's diary an ipso facto act of voyeurism?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ipso facto. 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