facticity

English

WOTD – 26 May 2019

Etymology

fact + -icity, possibly modelled on German Faktizität[1] which first appeared in the writings of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fækˈtɪsɪti/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /fækˈtɪsɪti/, [-ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: fact‧i‧ci‧ty

Noun

facticity (usually uncountable, plural facticities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact.
  2. (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.
    Synonym: thrownness
  3. (countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
    Synonym: given
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Translations

References

  1. facticity, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2014; facticity” (US) / “facticity” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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