factualness
(ˈfæktjuːəlnɪs)
[f. factual a. + -ness.]
The state of being factual; factuality.
| 1906 F. von Hügel Let. 29 Sept. in Briggs & von Hügel Papal Comm. & Pentat. ii. 29 The massive factualness, the serried, interdependent ranks of fact upon fact. 1925 Public Opinion 14 Aug. 153/3 Even the compassionate pity they arouse does not lift the weight of their seriousness and factualness from the reader's breast. 1953 Ess. in Crit. III. 31 A kind of Janus word, gathering from one direction its whole factualness. 1971 Daily Tel. 18 June 14/3 The play element..was handled with an innocence and factualness which are the exact opposite of ‘charm’, let alone archness. |