de facto
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
de facto segregation is as real as segregation imposed by law
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adverb
in reality or fact
the result was, de facto, a one-party system
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | real |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | de jure |