veridical

From Latin veridicus (“truly said”), from verus (“true”) and dīcō (“I say”).

• IPA^(key): /vəˈɹɪdɪkəl/

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veridical (comparative more veridical, superlative most veridical)

1. True.
2. Pertaining to an experience, perception, or interpretation that accurately represents reality; as opposed to imaginative, unsubstantiated, illusory, or delusory.

   Few believe that all claimed religious experiences are veridical.

   • 1995, Herbert Simon, “Guest Editorial”, in Public Administration Review, volume 55, number 5, page 404:

     There was great need for empirical research that would build a more veridical description of organizations and management.

• falsidical
• imaginative

• veridicality

• veridicous

• larvicide