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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vəˈɹæ.sɪ.ti/
• (General American) IPA: /vəˈɹæ.sə.ti/
• 韻: -æsɪti
• Homophone: voracity (one pronunciation)
• ハイフネーション: ve‧ra‧ci‧ty

名詞

veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities)

1. (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
   • 1933, James Hilton, Lost Horizon:

     Of course if you don't accept Conway's story, it means that you doubt either his veracity or his sanity—one may as well be frank.

2. (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
3. (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
4. Act of being exact and accurate.
5. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

同意語

• veraciousness, veridicality; for more, see Thesaurus:veracity

関連する語

Further reading

• “veracity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “veracity”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.