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(di FAK-toh, day FAK-toh) Something generally accepted or agreed to without any formal decision in its favor: They never elected him; he became their leader de facto. From Latin, meaning in fact. (Compare de jure.) | 1 |
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| The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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