veracity
nounUK /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/ · US /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/
Etymology From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin vērācitās (“truthfulness”) (whence -acity), from Latin vērāx (“truthful, speaking truth”), from vērus (“true, real”). See very.
1
Of a person The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
- Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon:
2
Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
3
Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
4
Act of being exact and accurate.
5
Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.
- Synonyms
- veraciousness, veridicality, for more, candor, frankness, honesty, sincereness, sincerity, truthfulness, veracity
- Antonyms
- cunning, dishonesty, falseness, mendacity, travesty, untruthfulness
- Related terms
- post-truth, honest, truth