veridical
adj/vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/
Etymology From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“to say”).
1
True.
2
Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality.
- 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.1995, Herbert Simon, “Guest Editorial”, in Public Administration Review, volume 55, number 5, page 404:
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- 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.2014, Berit Brogaard, Does Perception Have Content?, page 112:
- Derived terms
- veridicality
- Related terms
- truth