veridical
[adjective]
Synonyms: truthful, true-tongued, truth-speaking, truth-telling, veracious, real, actual, indisputable, true, undeniable, unfabled, faithful, just, right, strict, undistorted

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Contrasted words: invalid, illusory, unreal
Related Words: uncolored, undistorted, unvarnished, actual, real

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veridical adjective. [vɪ'rɪdɪk(ǝ)l] Now chiefly formal. M17.
[from Latin veridicus, from verum truth + dic- stem of dicere speak: see -AL¹.]
1. Speaking or telling the truth, truthful; true or faithful to an original. M17.

2. Psychology. Of a perception, hallucination, etc.: coincident with, corresponding to, or representing real events or people. Now rare. L19.

■ veridic adjective (rare) veridical L19.

■ veridi'cality noun the quality of being veridical, truthfulness E20.

■ veridically adverb M19.

■ veridicalness noun E18.

■ veri'dicity noun veridicality M20.

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