veridical
Americanadjective
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truthful; veracious.
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corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine.
adjective
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truthful
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psychol of or relating to revelations in dreams, hallucinations, etc, that appear to be confirmed by subsequent events
Other Word Forms
- unveridic adjective
- unveridical adjective
- unveridically adverb
- veridicality noun
- veridically adverb
Etymology
Origin of veridical
1645–55; < Latin vēridicus ( vēr ( us ) true + -i- -i- + -dicus speaking) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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In India, the recording of history has mostly been neither veridical nor comprehensive.
From Salon
People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception.
From Scientific American
Well, to be completely veridical, Davis doesn’t end each season precisely at .247.
From Washington Post
They are veridical movies projected onto reality that the individual remembers well.
From Scientific American
In a perfect word, we would not trust them at all: but the veridical world, alas, is truly virtual, in its reality.
From Scientific American
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