Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veridical

/vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: veridi-cal
IPA: /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

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."

Etymology

From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“to say”).

Word Breakdown

Root: *weh₁-

Inflected Forms

more veridical (comparative) most veridical (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonveridical unveridical veridicality veridically veridicalness

Frequently Paired Words

truth

Synonyms

veracious veridicous real

Antonyms

false falsidical delusory illusory imaginary imaginative unsubstantiated

Questions

How do you pronounce veridical?: The recorded pronunciation is /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/.
What does veridical mean?: True.
Where does veridical come from?: From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“to say”).

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