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Factoid

nounid 58170·updated May 18, 2026
verified

a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Factoids
possessive
Factoid's
pluralpossessive
Factoids'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
§2
something resembling a fact
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a brief (usually one sentence and usually trivial) news item
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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