英:[vɪ'rɪdɪklɪ]
美:[vɪ'rɪdɪklɪ]
英:[vɪ'rɪdɪklɪ]
美:[vɪ'rɪdɪklɪ]
adjective
truthful, veracious
tried … to supply … a veridical background to the events and people portrayed—Laura Krey
not illusory : genuine
it is assumed that … perception is veridical—George Lakoff
Latin vēridicus "conveying the truth" (from vērus "true" + -dicus "saying, one who says," nominal derivative of dīcere "to speak, say") + -al >entry 1 — more at very >entry 2, diction
The first known use of veridical was in 1653
1 Unless, that is, there is a veridical image imprinted in the victims’ mind/brain, one which can be extracted using a method that depends simultaneously on the necessity of speech and the impossibility of its communicating the truth.
2 People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception.