Actual
Actual adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.
Without foundation is an antonym for actual.
Without foundation
Both terms in one sentence
- Note that in Real Life, both Elizabeth and her mother were in fact accused of witchcraft, but these accusations were very obviously politically motivated and without foundation (certainly they did not possess actual supernatural powers, which the show depicts them as having).
Source: Witch Species
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