1. the quality or condition of being factual; the state of being based on facts
Usage: formal; academic
2. in existentialist philosophy, the concrete details and circumstances of human existence that cannot be changed
Usage: philosophy; technical

Examples

• The historian questioned the facticity of the ancient documents.
• Journalists must verify the facticity of their sources before publication.
• The court examined the facticity of the witness testimony.
• Sartre explored the concept of facticity in his existentialist writings.
• Students struggled to understand the philosophical distinction between facticity and transcendence.
• The facticity of our birth circumstances shapes our early experiences.