Veridical Definition

və-rĭdĭ-kəl
adjective
Truthful; veracious.
Webster's New World
Coinciding with future events or apparently unknowable present realities.
A veridical hallucination.
American Heritage
Corresponding with reality or facts.
Webster's New World

True.

Wiktionary

Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality; as opposed to imaginative, unsubstantiated, illusory, or delusory.

Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical.
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Origin of Veridical

  • From Latin vēridicus vērus true wērə-o- in Indo-European roots dīcere to say deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin veridicus (“truly said"), from verus (“true") and dÄ«cō (“I say").

    From Wiktionary

Veridical Sentence Examples

  • How can he distinguish veridical experience from welcome illusion?

  • In dreams he had experiences which were not veridical.

  • According to the veridical reading, [42] the ' objects ' of belief and knowledge are best treated as propositions.

  • A bohsum may also be procured through a dream; but in this case, too, it is necessary to apply to the priest to decide whether the dream was veridical.

  • Not that these stages should be confused with a veridical perception of the trigger action.

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