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Etymology
From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“I say”).
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veridical (comparative more veridical, superlative most veridical)
- True.
- Synonyms: veracious, veridicous (rare)
- Antonyms: false, falsidical
- Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality.
- Antonyms: falsidical; delusory, illusory, imaginary, imaginative, unsubstantiated
Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical.
1995, Herbert Simon, “Guest Editorial”, in Public Administration Review, volume 55, number 5, page 404:There was great need for empirical research that would build a more veridical description of organizations and management.
2014, Berit Brogaard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 112:Searle himself notes that one way an experience might fail is for it to be a veridical hallucination: you might hallucinate a cat before you, and by accident there might be a cat before you.
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