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• n  the quality of being actual or based on fact
  the realm of factuality must be distinguished from the realm of imagination

• I can't vouch for the factuality of the Strait of Hormuz dustup, but I have no doubt about what Iran's ruling clerics want: Shari'a and the rule of the caliphate.
• This book has the rare and immensely appealing quality of combining factuality and breadth of understanding with the truest instincts of patriotism.
• But mostly he feels dumb and dreamy, "a state of suspended recognition, and a response to too much useless and complicated factuality.

• factualness

• counterfactuality

News & Articles

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• More recall petitions filed against Onaway city commissioners
  Main said guidelines for helping election board's determine the factuality of the language were absent in the new legislation.
  Aug. 2, 2013 - Cheboygan Daily Tribune

Quotes

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• Marcus Borg in Salt Lake Tribune
  The truth of a metaphorical narrative is not dependent on its factuality,Borg says. "It emphasizes what the stories mean, not did they happen."