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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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Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani offered a different interpretation of the ongoing dilemma, saying that jury nullification is a real possibility, especially when politics is involved.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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First, the Chavist regime of Nicolás Maduro is not operating like a real state or even a classic dictatorship.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Algorithmic Literacy requires genuine technical comprehension of AI capabilities, constraints, and ethical implications.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But despite a certain staginess, and a tendency for the plot to suddenly stop to make way for the acting, Hedda is actually a genuine attempt to mine something new from the old text, a compelling fusion of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn and Stephen Fry’s Bright Young Things.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Veridical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veridical. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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