veridical

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Etymology

From Latin veridicus (truly said), from verus (true) and dīcō (I say).

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  • IPA(key): /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/
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veridical (comparative more veridical, superlative most veridical)

  1. True.
    Synonyms: veracious, veridicous (rare)
    Antonyms: false, falsidical
  2. 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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