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Recent Examples of veridical
There appears to be a close relationship between the brain areas responsible for veridical, imagined, and hallucinatory perception, though more data is needed.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception.
—Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2019
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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.
—Will Self, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
People tend to think of hallucination as a kind of false perception, in clear contrast to veridical, true-to-reality, normal perception.
—Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for veridical
Adjective
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Load levels, temperatures, events, alarm histories, battery status and more are all monitored in real-time, and once any measured parameter strays outside of normal levels, the urgency of an onsite intervention can be quantified and acted upon.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Los Angeles artist, whose real name was James Dear, died Sunday at a private residence, according to the the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Krejci’s expression as referee Tom Kirk brandished the red card looked like one of genuine bewilderment.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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There was genuine excitement among students and founders.—
The AI Insider,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Veridical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veridical. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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