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non-factual
fac·tu·al
/
ˈfæk
tʃu
əl
/
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[
fak
-choo-
uh
l
]
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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to facts; concerning facts:
factual accuracy.
2.
based on or restricted to facts:
a factual report.
Origin:
1825–35;
fact
+
-ual,
after
effectual
or
actual
Related forms
fac·tu·al·ly,
adverb
fac·tu·al·i·ty,
fac·tu·al·ness,
noun
non·fac·tu·al,
adjective
non·fac·tu·al·ly,
adverb
un·fac·tu·al,
adjective
un·fac·tu·al·ly,
adverb
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World English Dictionary
factual
(ˈfæktʃʊəl)
—
adj
1.
of, relating to, or characterized by facts
2.
of the nature of fact; real; actual
'factualism
—
n
'factualist
—
n
factual'istic
—
adj
'factually
—
adv
'factualness
—
n
factu'ality
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
factual
1834, from
fact
on model of
actual
. Related: Factually.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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"The criterion which we use to test the genuineness of apparent statements of fact is the criterion of verifyability. We say that a sentence is factually significant to any given person, if, and only if, he knows how to verify the proposition which it purports to express—that is, if he knows what observations would lead him, under certain conditions, to accept the proposition as true, or reject it as being false.... To make our position clearer, we may formulate it in another way. Let us call a proposition which records an actual or possible observation an experiential proposition. Then we may say that it is the mark of a genuine factual proposition, not that it should be equivalent to an experiential proposition, or any finite number of experiential propositions, but simply that some experiential propositions can be deduced from it in conjunction with certain other premises without being deducible from those other premises alone."
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