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veridical

[vuh-rid-i-kuhl] / vəˈrɪd ɪ kəl /


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In India, the recording of history has mostly been neither veridical nor comprehensive.

From Salon Aug. 1, 2021

People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception.

From Scientific American Aug. 27, 2019

Well, to be completely veridical, Davis doesn’t end each season precisely at .247.

From Washington Post Apr. 21, 2019

This may, of course, be true, though it seems exceedingly unlikely; and in our own twenty-four thousand answers veridical cases may possibly have heaped themselves unduly.

From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Therefore, as Herr Parish justly remarks, we should 'maintain a very sceptical attitude to all accounts' of veridical hallucinations.

From The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang




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