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factual

factual

112 3.4
Based on real facts and not on opinions or imagination
  • adjective
  • /ˈfæktʃuəl/
translation icon : fáctico
  • The paper incorporates a body of factual information presented in an emotional context.
  • factual information
  • a factual basis
  • factual accuracy

But the memories aren't just factual, they contain attitudes.

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Examples

  • That will require getting the technical and the factual details right.

  • Rather than just providing factual information, incorporate stories to personalize information and provide context.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But these are the real factual numbers behind it.

  • Well, this is a standard of review for factual issues.

  • More than four years later, this still remains the best factual and legal analysis of the "no differences" debate.

    Academic text (2008)
  • By reporting what happened in a factual manner? And Diana was always factual?

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Many of these apps contain interactive stories, along with factual information, videos, and games.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I'm going to be asking you for a factual account of what you saw the night Khalil Harris was killed.

  • In the early exercises, the student discovers factual differences in the two essays.

    Academic text (1991)
  • To support her argument, she provided a factual report filled with verified data.

Synonyms

true
vsfactual
1.0

Correct and in agreement with the facts

emphasizes rejecting imagination and opinion rather than only correctness
objective
vsfactual
238 4.3

Not influenced by personal feelings and based only on facts

focuses on facts as basis rather than speaker neutrality
nonfictive
vsfactual
6.1

Not made up and based on real events or facts

is broader, excluding both imagination and personal opinion

Antonyms

106 3.4

Made up in stories or in your mind, not real

28 4.2

Not real, like something from a dream

How Factual

irrefutable
22 7.8
factual
112 3.4
plausible
129 7.2
speculative
26 6.7
imaginary
1 5.5

Surface Forms

factual positive

Morphology

factual = fact (transparent) = fact + ual

A regular adjectival formation from the noun 'fact' using the productive suffix '-ual', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

The word factual comes from the same root as fact, from the old Latin verb facere meaning 'to do' and the idea of 'a thing done'. So, factual points to what is real or has happened, which is why it means 'based on facts, not opinion'.