- facticity
- noun Etymology: French or German; French facticité, from German Faktizität, from Factum fact, from Latin factum Date: 1945 the quality or state of being a fact
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Facticity — (French: facticité , German: Faktizität ) has a multiplicity of meanings from factuality and contingency to the intractable conditions of human existence.The term is first used by Fichte and has a variety of meanings. It can refer to facts and… … Wikipedia
facticity — [fak tis′ə tē] n. the quality or state of being a fact or factual; factuality … English World dictionary
facticity — The question of its facticity is whether a commitment is apt for truth, because purporting to state a fact, as opposed to having some other function. See expressivism, projectivism, truth apt … Philosophy dictionary
facticity — /fak tis i tee/, n. the condition or quality of being a fact; factuality. [1940 45; FACT + icity ( IC + ITY), perh. after AUTHENTICITY] * * * … Universalium
facticity — noun a) literally the quality or state of being a fact b) Philosophy: considered ones place, body, past, position, and fundamental relationship to the Other … Wiktionary
facticity — n. factuality, quality of being a fact … English contemporary dictionary
facticity — [fak tɪsɪti] noun the quality or condition of being fact … English new terms dictionary
facticity — fac·tic·i·ty … English syllables
facticity — /fækˈtɪsəti/ (say fak tisuhtee) noun 1. the state of being fact; factuality. 2. specificity of existence. {translation of German Faktizität, a term coined by German philosopher JG Fichte} …
facticity — fakˈtisəd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: French or German; French facticité, from German faktizität, from faktum fact (from Latin factum) + izität (from Latin icitat , icitas icity) … Useful english dictionary
