factual

English

Etymology

fact +‎ -al, modified by analogy with actual.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfæk(t)ʃuəl/, /ˈfæk(t)ʃəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfak(t)ʃʊəl/, /ˈfak(t)ʃəl/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛk(t)ʃʉɘl/, /ˈfɛk(t)ʃɘl/

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Adjective

factual (comparative more factual, superlative most factual)

1. Of, characterised by or consisting of facts.
   • 2001 September 27, Terrie E. Moffitt; Avshalom Caspi; Michael Rutter; Phil A. Silva, Sex Differences in Antisocial Behaviour: Conduct Disorder, Delinquency, and Violence in the Dunedin Longitudinal Study‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 151:

     This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.

Derived terms

• contrafactual
• counterfactual
• factualism
• factualist
• factuality
• factualize
• factually
• factualness
• factual relativism
• multifactual
• nonfactual
• non-factual
• post-factual
• prefactual
• semifactual
• unfactual

 

Related terms

• fact
• counterfactual
• de facto

Translations

of facts

• Bulgarian: факти́чески (bg) (faktíčeski), действи́телен (bg) (dejstvítelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 事實 (zh), 事实 (zh) (shìshí)

• Czech: faktický (cs)
• Danish: faktuel
• Dutch: feitelijk (nl)
• Finnish: todellinen (fi), tosiasioihin perustuva, tosiasiallinen (fi), asiapitoinen
• French: effectif (fr), factuel (fr)
• Georgian: ფაქტიური (pakṭiuri)
• German: faktisch (de), sachlich (de), auf Tatsachen beruhend
• Greek: πραγματικός (el) (pragmatikós)
• Italian: effettivo (it) m, effettiva (it) f, fattuale, concreto (it), reale (it)

• Japanese: 事実上の (じじつじょう, jijitsujō no)
• Korean: 사실의 (ko) (sasir-ui)
• Kyrgyz: фактыларга негизделген (ky) (faktılarga negizdelgen), чыныгы (ky) (çınıgı), актуалдуу (ky) (aktualduu)
• Occitan: factual, factuau
• Polish: faktyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: factual, fatual
• Romanian: efectiv (ro), faptic (ro)
• Russian: факти́ческий (ru) (faktíčeskij), действи́тельный (ru) (dejstvítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: efectivo (es), fáctico, factual (es)
• Swedish: faktamässig, faktuell
• Yiddish: פֿאַקטיש‎ (faktish)

Further reading

• factual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• factual in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• caul fat

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• fatual

Adjective

factual m or f (plural factuais, comparable)

1. factual (consisting of facts)

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Spanish

Adjective

factual (plural factuales)

1. factual

Synonyms

• fáctico