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Apr. 27, 2015
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\vuh-RID-i-kuhl\
adjective
1. truthful; veracious.
2. corresponding to facts; not illusory; real; actual; genuine.
Quotes
To answer that question, consider all those worlds in which Macbeth's current visual state is veridical.
-- Gregory Currie, The Nature of Fiction, 1990
Origin
Veridical comes from the Latin word vēridicus which means "true speaking."
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