ipso facto

American  

[ip-soh fak-toh] / ˈɪp soʊ ˈfæk toʊ /

adverb

1. by the fact itself; by the very nature of the deed.

   to be condemned ipso facto.

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ipso facto British  

/ ˈɪpsəʊ ˈfæktəʊ /

adverb

1. by that very fact or act

   ipso facto his guilt was apparent

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Etymology

Origin of ipso facto

First recorded in 1540–50, ipso facto is from Latin ipsō factō

Example Sentences

"All I'm saying is you don't ipso facto believe somebody," she said.

From Fox News • May 20, 2020

If the ipso facto data is not even available to patients, the system is sicker than the person.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2018

Christopher Hitchens called it “an extraordinarily irritating book, written by one of those people who smugly believe that, having lost their faith, they must ipso facto have found their reason”.

From The Guardian • Nov. 29, 2017

John repeatedly reminds everyone around him — and, ipso facto, the audience — that he intends to mend fences with his lady love.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2017

What was right for my great-grandfather is not ipso facto right for myself.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto