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单词 fact-checking
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fact-checkingn.

Brit. /ˈfak(t)ˌtʃɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ˌtʃɛkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fact n., checking n.1
Etymology: < fact n. + checking n.1
The action of verifying facts, esp. in the context of journalism or other writing; the work involved in checking or establishing the facts of a matter.Recorded earliest in attributive use.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > making certain, assurance > [noun] > by validation
affirmationc1419
confirmation1419
certificatec1508
confirmance1588
validation1656
ascertainment1657
determinationa1676
firmation1684
ascertaining1685
fact-checking1936
1936 N.Y. Times 11 June l. 5/1 An intensive fact-checking system of all relief cases, it seems to me, is also a necessary function of a public relief agency.
1939 J. Thurber Lett. (2002) 309 Your staff is noted for its ingenuity, but is often tricked into immobilizing it on the altar of fact-checking. Let's forget what pirates had eye patches.
1960 Operational Res. Q. 11 7 A lot of fact-checking is done as a result of which my own thinking begins to evolve and the presentation begins to rearrange itself in my mind.
1990 Atlantic Jan. 4/2 The sagas of fact-checking are spun around legendary ‘saves’.
2003 S. Greenfield Tomorrow's People (2004) Pref. p. ix Novel-writing had appeal not just as a means of letting one's mind range free but also because it could do so without all..the meticulous research and fact-checking, that characterizes non-fiction books.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

fact-checkingadj.

Brit. /ˈfak(t)ˌtʃɛkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ˌtʃɛkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fact n., checking adj.
Etymology: < fact n. + checking adj. Compare later fact-check v.
That checks facts; engaged in fact-checking; (of a body, etc.) set up to establish or verify the facts of a matter.
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1963 Broadcasting 24 June (Broadcast Advertising section) 48/1 (caption) The fact-checking Doherty, Clifford, Steers & Shenfield team of Sam Vitt and Martin Herbst get a steak-eyed view of a major livestock market.
1984 Mother Jones Dec. 6/2 The fact-checking department had not checked the article against the tapes.
1997 Computerworld Jan. 51/5 A Justice Department fact-checking analyst enters an identification number or name into the department's Consolidated Fire-arms Information System.
2012 New Yorker 13 Feb. 41/1 Politifact, the nonpartisan fact-checking organization, assessed the bill in question.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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