# facticity

> English word · Noun · IPA /fækˈtɪsɪti/

## Definitions
1. The quality or state of being a fact.
2. 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.
3. A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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