What does veracity mean?

Definitions for veracity
vəˈræs ɪ tive·rac·i·ty

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. veracitynoun

    unwillingness to tell lies

Wiktionary

  1. veracitynoun

    Truthfulness

  2. veracitynoun

    Something that is true

  3. veracitynoun

    Accuracy or precision

  4. veracitynoun

    act of being exact and accurate.

  5. veracitynoun

    correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

  6. Etymology: From veracitie, from veracitas, from verax, from verus; see very.

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  1. veracity

    Veracity refers to the conformity to facts, accuracy, truthfulness, or the habit of telling the truth. It can also refer to the correctness or accuracy of a statement or a piece of information. It is often used in the context of data, information, personal character, or statements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Veracitynoun

    the quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity

  2. Etymology: [Cf. F. vracit.]

Wikidata

  1. Veracity

    Veracity is a 2007 dystopian fiction novel written by Mark Lavorato.

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. veracity

    The appendix vermiformis of the human character; a quaint atavistic instinct. (Veracity was once quite common in the childhood of the race; but as herding became more and more complex and human relations became more and more interjangled, there came into being a species of bipeds known as doctors, lawyers, politicians, editorial writers and preachers. Coeval with their birth the instinct to veracity weakened perceptibly until it reached the condition of nixus nihilus ni in which we hold it today.)

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of veracity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of veracity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of veracity in a Sentence

  1. Clifford V. Villalon:

    Veracity in what you do will define your bravery and strength. Ensuring that your bravery will lead you to success and not downfall.

  2. Jerome K. Jerome:

    Some people are under the impression that all that is required to make a good fisherman is the ability to tell lies easily and without blushing; but this is a mistake. Mere bald fabrication is useless; the veriest tyro can manage that. It is in the circumstantial detail, the embellishing touches of probability, the general air of scrupulous -- almost of pedantic -- veracity, that the experienced angler is seen.

  3. The Lancet:

    As a result, they have concluded that they ‘ can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources,'.

  4. Owner Dominick Agron:

    They had blamed the removal on a system issue, while we seriously doubt the veracity of the claim, we are taking it at face value.

  5. Neil Jacobs:

    NAPA never questions or refutes the scientific veracity of the actual statement.

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