factual

Pertaining to or consisting of objective claims.

• Thus, the approach has more flexibility than Lamarque and Olsen's approach; in particular, it is open to the possibility that false factual claims do affect our understanding of, and our evaluation of, fictional narratives.

True, accurate, corresponding to reality.

• A book of this type is necessarily mainly factual, but it is diversified by many incidents and sidelights which help to give life to a story now accorded its due place in railway history.
• He knew Guardian's real name. Did he dare play that card? "Yes ma'am, that's factual information. All of it."

Programmes having content based on facts, such as documentaries.uncountable

• The BBC is increasing its budget for factual this year.