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Adverb. Rikers is New York State’s largest de facto mental institution, with 20% of people in custody diagnosed with severe mental illness.—Fly Me to the Moon also gently satirizes the way astronauts were drafted as de facto pitchmen for products like Tang drink mix and Hasselblad cameras.—. Adjective.
(also defacto) a person someone lives with as a wife or a husband , although they are not married : They've invited Joanne and her de facto for lunch on Sunday .
(also defacto) a person someone lives with as a wife or a husband , although they are not married : They've invited Joanne and her de facto for lunch on Sunday .
Two examples of de facto leaders are Deng Xiaoping of the People's Republic of China and general Manuel Noriega of Panama. Both of these men exercised nearly all control over their respective nations for many years despite not having either legal constitutional office or the legal authority to exercise power.
4 days ago · de facto, a legal concept used to refer to what happens in reality or in practice, as opposed to de jure (“from the law”), which refers to what is actually notated in legal code.
Although his title was prime minister, he was de facto president of the country. They are forbidden from leaving the camp, thereby being de facto in a state of detention. actually existing, especially when without lawful authority ( de jure ): He led efforts to reduce de facto segregation in the city's public schools.
de facto. (deɪ fæktoʊ ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing. [formal] This might be interpreted as a de facto recognition of the republic's independence.
