English Explanatory Dictionary

facticity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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 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.

Pronunciation

/fækˈtɪsɪti/ En-uk-facticity.oga [-ɾi]

Word forms

facticity facticities

Etymology

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

Synonyms

factuality factualness dasein thrownness given axiom postulate

Related words

fact factic factically factiness factness factual factualism factualist factuality factualization factualize factually factualness

Derived words

nonfacticity
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