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veridical

adj
/vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/

Etymology

From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“to say”).

  1. derived from veridicus — “truly said”

Definitions

  1. True.

  2. Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents…

    Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality.

    • Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical.
    • There was great need for empirical research that would build a more veridical description of organizations and management.
    • 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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Derived

veridicality

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for veridical. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA