factuality.

The extent to which an account or statement accords with established facts rather than invented or merely assumed content.

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Words that belong together

• factuality of an account
• assessment of factuality

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The account’s factuality was assessed against records made independently of it.

The assessment of factuality did not settle every question about motive or meaning.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: uncommon.