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veridical

/vɛˈrɪdɪkəl/

C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

General adjective

Truthful or corresponding accurately to reality.

Ordinary perception is usually veridical, but illusions remind us it can badly misrepresent the world.

Similar: truthful, accurate

Origin: Latin 'verus' true + 'dicere' to say.

Topic: perception in General English

Law adjective

Truthful and corresponding to fact.

Expert evidence confirmed that the recording was a veridical account of the exchange.

Similar: truthful, accurate

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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