factualnessn.
/ˈfaktʃʊəlnəs/, /ˈfaktʃ(ᵿ)lnəs/, U.S. /ˈfæk(t)ʃ(əw)əlnəs/ The state of being factual; (also) the state of containing many facts.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > quality of
factuality1859
facticity1869
factualness1893
facthood1907
1893 Chicago Tribune 14 June 4/2 He lifted the entire procedure up to a higher level,..and he gave his testimony with an honest vigor,..impressing every hearer with his factualness.
1906 F. von Hügel Let. 29 Sept. in C. A. Briggs & F. von Hügel Papal Comm. & Pentat. ii. 29 The massive factualness, the serried, interdependent ranks of fact upon fact.
1925 Public Opinion 14 Aug. 153/3 Even the compassionate pity they arouse does not lift the weight of their seriousness and factualness from the reader's breast.
1953 Ess. in Crit. 3 31 A kind of Janus word, gathering from one direction its whole factualness.
1971 Daily Tel. 18 June 14/3 The play element..was handled with an innocence and factualness which are the exact opposite of ‘charm’, let alone archness.
1992 P. G. Allen Sacred Hoop (new ed.) 103 This meta-myth is deceptive, for it imputes factualness to certain assumptions..without acknowledging that it does so.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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