Examples of facticity in a Sentence
the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public
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An effective story must have the unity and lyricism of a poem while giving the comforting facticity of a novel.
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Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2020
Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research.
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Jacob Silverman,
New Republic,
16 Aug. 2017
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Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2020
Molina seems to be trying to prove a point here, something about what can be lost by emphasizing the facticity and evidentiary value of archival research.
—
Jacob Silverman,
New Republic,
16 Aug. 2017
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“Facticity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facticity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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