"veridical" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-veridical.wav Forms: more veridical [comparative], most veridical [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“I say”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₁-|*deyḱ-}}, {{uder|en|la|veridicus||truly said}} Latin veridicus (“truly said”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} veridical (comparative more veridical, superlative most veridical)
  1. True. Synonyms: veracious, veridicous Translations (true): верен (veren) (Bulgarian), правдив (pravdiv) (Bulgarian), totuudenmukainen (Finnish), tosi (Finnish), verídico (Spanish), veraz (Spanish), auténtico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-veridical-en-adj-yj3ZLyxG Disambiguation of 'true': 100 0
  2. Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality. Translations (pertaining to reality): totuudenmukainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-veridical-en-adj-FINRrMBK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 99 Disambiguation of 'pertaining to reality': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: veridicality Related terms: truth
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