veristic
- adjective
- /vɛˈrɪstɪk/
- Literature
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verista
- Her novel features veristic characters whose emotions and struggles reflect true human experiences.
Examples
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"Portraits that resemble the sitter to such an extent that they could be mistaken for the person evoke the presence of the person and are veristic likenesses of the subject."
Academic text (2013) -
The artist's latest sculpture showcases a veristic portrayal of everyday life, capturing every detail with stunning realism.
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You know, I think it's enjoying a heyday now, much like veristic oil painting.
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You know, I think it's enjoying a heyday now, much like veristic oil painting.
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It would surely be a mistake, however, to speak of these as veristic representations.
Academic text (1999) -
In order to produce veristic contemporary likenesses, early portraitists had to embed them in salvation history.
Academic text (1993) -
These elements were ignored by contemporary critics and have gone unremarked by subsequent art historians, who have debated the painting's pacifist stance or the aesthetics of its chilling veristic style.
Academic text (1997) -
The termination of the whitewashing about two-thirds of the way up the trunks, which one could take as merely a veristic touch, effectively calls attention to their paintedness—to the imposition of the human hand on the natural world.
Academic text (2011) -
The documentary uses veristic imagery to depict the harsh realities faced by the community.
Synonyms
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4.1
Showing things as they are in real life
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7.0
An image that looks almost exactly like a real photograph
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9.9
True and correct, matching what really happened
Antonyms
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Veristic comes from the Latin root ver- meaning 'true', the same root in verify and verdict. So, veristic means showing people and life as they really are, a strong, truthful kind of realism.