veridical.

Accurately representing reality or reporting what is true.

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Words that belong together

• veridical perception
• a veridical account

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A vivid memory was not necessarily a veridical account of the encounter.

The investigator asked whether the reported perception had been veridical.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more veridical; superlative most veridical where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.