veracity
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7.6
- noun
- /vəˈræsɪti/
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veracidad
- The journalist worked hard to establish the veracity of her sources before publishing the article.
- the veracity of these claims
- verify the veracity
- doubt the veracity
So to me, that's a key part of the veracity of the prop.
- So to me, that's a key part of the veracity of the prop.
- Did it know that she had vouched for the veracity of the Steele dossier?
- Alien feels like the same level of veracity.
- The six people sat around the table who are checking for the veracity of the audio.
- I don't think this has really anything to do with the veracity of Scripture, nor its credence with respect to the original Greek.
- Conclusion The Spanish Flu Horror Story has been planted in the collective conscience and few have taken the time to inspect its veracity.
- And, you know, he goes on and and he says that, you know, mere reason is insufficient to convince us of its veracity.
- But I met her and I, I trusted, I, I can't tell you about the veracity of the rains list, right?
- And I think I'll take that as as a testament to, I guess, the veracity that I brought to my craft, my my choice.
- It has a weight to it, like in a, like a veracity that maybe someone else saying it, you know, I would kind of brush off.
Examples
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Your faith in the veracity of the major media is touching, Jerry.
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And I'm told there are questions as to our star witness' veracity.
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You doubt the veracity of my heart.
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Our priority has to be to ensure the veracity of those results.
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Eight more questions concerned developments that could be checked for veracity after they had happened.
Fiction book (1994) -
So it's a meditation, really, on the veracity and origins of faith.
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Does the journalist honestly address questions raised by serious investigators about the veracity of the report?
Academic text (2011) -
However... Miss Collins has made representations about her grade point average to the university in order to secure a research position, and I need to confirm the veracity of her application.
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Co-investigators read transcripts from their focus group sessions to verify the veracity and interpretation of translated focus group discussions.
Academic text (2015) -
Trivisonno produced an affidavit from Marcini testifying to the veracity of these claims.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A fact that shows how things really are
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4.0
Trust from other people who believe what you say
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1.0
Being truthful and fair in what you say and do
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2.7
Being honest and not telling lies
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7.0
How likely something is to be true
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3.7
How much something seems true or real to people
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8.4
A true idea or belief that people accept as important
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6.5
A quality of being true and based on real information
Being truthful and fair in what you say and do
Being true and accurate about real facts
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
How believable and trustworthy something is
Antonyms
- Formal
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9.3
A habit of often telling lies that makes it difficult for people to trust you
How Truthful
Surface Forms
Morphology
veracity = veracious (semi-transparent) = verac + ity
Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ity' to 'veracious'; the morphological process is regular but the adjective 'veracious' (and the combining form 'verac-') is relatively rare and may be unfamiliar to many learners.
Etymology
The word veracity comes from the Latin root ver- meaning 'true', the same root you can see in verify. So, veracity means 'truthfulness', the quality of being true and honest.