verity
/'veriti/
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Noun:
- A true principle or belief, especially one of fundamental importance: "verity" refers to a statement, idea, or principle that is considered permanently and universally true, often in ethical, religious, or philosophical contexts.
- Conformity to fact; truthfulness: "verity" can also denote the quality or state of being true, accurate, or in accordance with reality.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Enduring Truth):
- Philosophers have long sought eternal verities about human nature.
- The sermon focused on the basic verities of faith and compassion.
- Noun (Truthfulness):
- The verity of his testimony was confirmed by multiple witnesses.
- Historians question the verity of the ancient chronicle.
Advanced Usage
- "of a verity": (archaic) In truth; certainly.
- He is, of a verity, a man of his word.
Variants and Related Words
- Veracious (adj): Habitually speaking the truth; truthful.
- She is known as a veracious journalist.
- Verifiable (adj): Able to be checked or demonstrated to be true, accurate, or justified.
- The theory is based on verifiable data.
Synonyms
- Truth: That which is true or in accordance with fact or reality.
- Certainty: Firm conviction that something is the case.
- Axiom: A statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.
Antonyms
- Falsehood: The state of being untrue.
- Fallacy: A mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.
- Fiction: Literature in the form of prose, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people; something that is invented or untrue.
Noun
- an enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth
- conformity to reality or actuality
- they debated the truth of the proposition
- the situation brought home to us the blunt truth of the military threat
- he was famous for the truth of his portraits
- he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities