veridicality
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9.9
- noun
- /vəˌrɪdɪˈkælɪti/
- Specialized
- Scientists strive for veridicality in their experiments to ensure the results reflect reality accurately.
Examples
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The veridicality of her claims was confirmed when the evidence was presented in court.
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A photograph that has been digitally encoded and has had the focusing sharpened before being reprinted is not an original, and indeed such manipulations call into question the veridicality of the original itself.
Academic text (1992) -
Some social stereotypes or social perceptions may have a component of veridicality (Funder, 1987; Jussim, 1991).
Academic text (1993) -
The journalist emphasized the importance of veridicality in reporting facts to maintain credibility.
Synonyms
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1.0
A fact that shows how things really are
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7.6
Being honest and not telling lies
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3.5
A state of being accurate and matching facts or rules
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9.9
A Latin word for truth used in English to show honesty or factual accuracy
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8.4
A true idea or belief that people accept as important
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7.3
How often a computer program's answers are accurate and not wrong
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8.3
How much something is shown or said to be true
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6.5
A quality of being true and based on real information
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6.5
How accurate something is compared with facts or a standard
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4.6
Being exact and clear about small details
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9.9
The fact that something really exists
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5.8
The degree to which something matches true information or real events
Antonyms
How True
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Veridicality comes from the old Latin words verus 'true' and dicere 'to say', and you can see the same idea in verdict and verify. So veridicality is the quality of being 'true' or accurate, which is why we use it to ask if a report or result really matches reality.