fact or fiction
- truthAccordance with reality
- liesDeliberate untruths
- realTruly existing, not fake
- fakeNot the real thing
- mythTraditional explanatory tale
legend · reality · fantasy · true · false · story · believable · hoax · rumor · authentic · fabricated · genuine · invented · actual · imaginary · verify · debunk · evidence
epistemic certainty
fact or fictionconfirmed
Established as accurate
undisputed · beyond question · known quantity · proven · certainty
inquiry vs. declaration
fact or fictionbelieve it or not
Preface to something improbable
no doubt about it · case closed · end of story · plain and simple · accept it
binary vs. nuanced thinking
fact or fictionshades of gray
it's complicated · mixed reality · truthiness · subjective interpretation · half-truths