In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
FACTICITY
Etymology
Noun
facticity (usually uncountable, plural facticities)
(uncountable) The quality or state of being a fact.
Synonyms: factuality, factualness
(uncountable, specifically, philosophy) In existentialism, the state of being in the world without any knowable reason for such existence, or of being in a particular state of affairs which one has no control over.
Synonyms: dasein, thrownness
(countable) A fact that is not changeable or that is assumed to be true without further evaluation.
Synonym: given
Source: Wiktionary
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13 February 2025
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(verb) cause the failure or ruin of; “His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage”; “This play will either make or break the playwright”
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