 Factual: relating to or characterized by facts; of the nature of fact; real; actual.

 nonfactual adj not based on fact; false; Positivism is the belief that knowledge should be guided by facts, rather
than by imagination, pure logic, or any other nonfactual source.

 The definition of counterfactual is something that is contrary to the truth or that did not actually occur. When
Brian was the one responsible for stealing the car and you instead tell the story as if Joe was responsible for
stealing the car, this is an example of a time when you give a counterfactual account of events. A counterfactual
is defined as a statement that is not true: In the sentence "If dogs had no ears, they could not hear" the statement
"if dogs had no ears" is an example of a counterfactual because dogs DO have ears..