Veridical

/vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/ · adjective

Meaning

True..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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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Word Forms

• more veridical
• most veridical

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