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Synonyms for veridical


Grammar : Adj
Spell : vuh-rid-i-kuh l
Phonetic Transcription : vəˈrɪd ɪ kəl

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Définition of veridical

Origin :
  • 1650s, from Latin veridicus, from verum "truth," neuter of verus "true" (see very) + dic-, stem of dicere "to speak" (see diction).
  • adj accurate
Example sentences :
  • Yet the source of the message may have been perfectly "veridical."
  • Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington
  • Veridical warnings are a commonplace in the literature of all countries.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by James J. Walsh
  • Since casual hallucinations of the sane, then, are thus frequent, we can hardly venture to assume that they are all veridical.
  • Extract from : « Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death » by Frederick W. H. Myers
  • Perhaps the author went on to discuss “veridical hallucinations,” but his ideas about these things must be considered later.
  • Extract from : « Alfred Tennyson » by Andrew Lang
  • In the meantime with shaking bodies and infirm gesture the Parcae began to intone their veridical chant.
  • Extract from : « The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus » by Caius Valerius Catullus
  • I know of many people who have had veridical hallucinations, either during sleep or when awake.
  • Extract from : « Metapsychical Phenomena » by J. Maxwell
  • Ah, would to God that I had now a bottle of the best wine that ever those drank who shall read this so veridical history!
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • At Paris, by lying Rumour which proved prophetic and veridical, the fall of Verdun was known some hours before it happened.
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
  • In the records of the mind, where the inner chronicle of life is written, they are intensely clear and veridical.
  • Extract from : « The Valley of Vision » by Henry Van Dyke
  • Your dream or hallucination is said to be veridical when it conveys an idea which is both true and previously unknown to you.
  • Extract from : « Occultism and Common-Sense » by Beckles Willson
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