veridical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“to say”).
Meanings
- True.
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Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality.
There was great need for empirical research that would build a more veridical description of organizations and management.
1995, Herbert Simon, “Guest Editorial”, in Public Administration Review, volume 55, number 5, page 404:Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical.
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.
2014, Berit Brogaard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 112:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most veridical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more veridical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
falsidical · falsidical · false · delusory · illusory · imaginative · unsubstantiated · imaginary
Deriveds
nonveridical · veridicality · unveridical · veridicalness · veridically
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Synonyms
Translations (11)
pl prawdziwy (pertaining to reality) · bg верен (true) · es auténtico (true) · fi totuudenmukainen (pertaining to reality) · bg правдив (true) · pl wiarygodny (true) · fi tosi (true) · pl prawdomówny (true) · es verídico (true) · es veraz (true) · fi totuudenmukainen (true)