facticity

== English == === Etymology === From fact +‎ -icity, possibly modelled on German Faktizität which first appeared in the writings of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fækˈtɪsɪti/ (General American) IPA(key): /fækˈtɪsɪti/, [-ɾi] Hyphenation: fact‧i‧ci‧ty === Noun === facticity (usually uncountable, plural facticities) (uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact. Synonyms: factuality, factualness Coordinate terms: factivity, factiveness (uncountable, specifically, philosophy) 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. Synonyms: dasein, thrownness (countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation. Near-synonyms: given, axiom, postulate ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === facticity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia