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Definition: Veracity |
VeracityNoun1. Unwillingness to tell lies. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "veracity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Truth, Veracity. "The veracity of his statement is doubted." The sentence should be, "The truth of his statement is doubted," or "In making that statement his veracity is doubted." Veracity is applied to the person; truth to the thing. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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Synonym: VeracitySynonym: honesty. (additional references) |
| Antonym: mendacity (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Probity | Verb: be honorable; Adjective: deal honorably, deal squarely, deal impartially, deal fairly; speak the truth; (veracity); draw a straight furrow; tell the truth and shame the Devil, vitam impendere vero; show a proper spirit, make a point of; do one's duty; (virtue). |
Trustworthiness; Adjective: truth, candor, singleness of heart; veracity; tender conscience; (sense of duty). | |
Truth | Noun: fact, reality; (existence); plain fact, plain matter of fact; nature; (principle); truth, verity; gospel, gospel truth, God's honest truth; orthodoxy; a; authenticity; veracity; correctness, correctitude. |
Adverb: truly; Adjective: verily, indeed, really, in reality; with truth; (veracity); certainly; (certain); actually; (existence); in effect; (intrinsically). | |
Veracity | Noun: veracity; truthfulness, frankness; Adjective: truth, sincerity, candor, unreserve, honesty, fidelity; plain dealing, bona fides; love of truth; probity; ingenuousness; (artlessness). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Veracity |
| English words defined with "veracity": Compurgation, Compurgator, credit ♦ Inveracity ♦ Lunaria biennis ♦ Unveracity. (references) |
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Screenplays | And as the court is aware, the defense is entitled to advance notice of any witness who will testify, particularly those who will give scientific evidence, so that we may properly prepare for cross-examination, as well as give the defense an opportunity to have the witness's reports reviewed by a defense expert, who might then be in a position to contradict the veracity of his conclusions. (My Cousin Vinny; writing credit: Dale Launer.) Truth is an event, and only through experience can the veracity of a truth be verified. (Enter the Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | She was almost celebrated in the congregation for this imperturbable veracity. |
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Human Rights | Azerbaijan | The prosecution's main witnesses were unable to confirm Mirzoyev's alleged sanction of the murder and one key government witness openly questioned the veracity of the evidence in court. (references) |
Kazakhstan | While international human rights organizations and local monitors were not in a position to determine the veracity of charges against the former prime minister, they stated that the procedures followed in the case were not in line with international commitments. (references) | |
Belarus | In late August, former Prosecutor Oleg Bozhelko was quoted publicly by former Minister of Agriculture Vasily Leonov as having confirmed the speculation surrounding his dismissal, the existence of the Lopatik report, and the veracity of its allegations (see 1.a.). Bozhelko neither confirmed nor denied this report. (references) | |
Women | Jordan | Such defenses also commonly rely on the male relative having acted in the "heat of passion" upon hearing of a female relative's alleged transgression, usually without any investigation on the part of the assailant to determine the veracity of the allegation before committing the assault. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Veracity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Veracity" is used about 63 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 63 | 42,364 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
veracity | 11 |
essay truth veracity | 2 |
genesis veracity | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "veracity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vërtetësi (genuineness, Verity), saktësi (accuracy, definition, elaboration, exactitude, exactness, justness, minuteness, nicety, preciseness, precision, sensibility, soundness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حقيقة (actuality, certainty, fact, genuineness, matter of fact, reality, sooth, truth, verity), صحة (accuracy, authenticity, exactitude, fidelity, fitness, health, legitimacy, nearness, nicety, purity, soundness, trustiness, truth, validity), صدق (accept, approve, assent, attest, believe, certify, confirm, credit, genuineness, hold good, make believe, notarize, ok, okay, okey, probity, ratify, sanction, sincerity, trueness, trustiness, truth, validity, verity), دقة (accuracy, closeness, delicacy, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, fineness, finesse, fussiness, nicety, preciseness, precision, promptitude, punctuality, refinement, reliability, rigor, rigour, strictness, subtlety, sureness, tenuity, thoroughness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | правдивост (honesty, truth, truthfulness), истинност (authenticity, reality, trueness, truth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 诚实 (honest, honestness, honesty, Probity, truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pravdomluvnost (truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | صحت (Accuracy, Authenticity, Precision, Rectitude, Verity), صداقت (Honesty, Loyalty, Truth), راستی (Indeed, Integrity, Probity, Really, Rectitude, Sooth, Troth, Truth, Verity), راستگوءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | totuudenmukaisuus (truthfulness), todenmukaisuus (truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | véracité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wahrhaftigkeit (truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλαλήθεια (truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אמתות (truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazmondás (truthfulness, veraciousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | ketulusan (candour, sincerity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | veracit (accuracy, genuineness, truthfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 正確 (accurate, authenticity, exactness, punctuality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいかく (accurate, authenticity, character, correct rules, exactness, guest of honor, personality, precise, punctuality, tanning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | firrinys (actuality, authenticity, devotion, devoutness, faithfulness, fidelity, maxim, sincerity, truth, unaffectedness), feerid (authenticity, axiom, perfection, reality, simplicity, truth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eracityvay veracidade (reality, truth, Verity). (various references) veridicitate (probability, reality, truthfulness), veracitate (truthfulness). (various references) точность (accuracy, accurateness, definition, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, justness, nicety, pithiness, preciseness, precision, punctuality, rigour, severity), правда (truth). (various references) tačnost (accuracy, exactitude, exactness, fidelity, punctuality), istinoljublje, istinitost (truthfulness, verity). (various references) veracidad (truthfulness). (various references) sannfärdighet. (various references) gerçeklik (actuality, authenticity, effect, genuineness, literality, reality, the real, trueness, truth, Verity), gerçek (actual, actualities, authentic, bona fide, dinkum, earnest, exact, fact, factual, for real, genuine, honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, intrinsic, literal, low down, lowdown, proper, pucka, pukka, real, reality, right, rightful, sincere, sooth, sterling, straight out, substantial, tangible, the real, the true, troth, true, truth, truthful, unfeigned, veracious, veritable, Verity, very, virtual), doğruluk (accuracy, authenticity, candor, candour, correctitude, correctness, directness, evenness, exactitude, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, honesty, integrity, justice, justness, preciseness, precision, prig, probity, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness, sincerity, soundness, straightforwardness, straightness, trueness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, validity, Verity), doğruculuk (righteousness, truthfulness), dürüstlük (conscientiousness, correctitude, correctness, directness, erectness, evenness, fairness, faithfulness, honesty, incorruptibility, incorruption, integrity, justice, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincereness, sincerity, squareness, straightforwardness, straightness, truth, uprightness). (various references) точність (accuracy, appropriateness, correctness, exactitude, exactness, explicitness, fidelity, justness, nicety, preciseness, precision, rigor, rigour, scrupulosity, sensibility), правда (sooth, true, truth), правдивість (honesty, truth, truthfulness). (various references) tính chân thực tính xác thực (veraciousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Veracity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farcity, varaity, venacity, veracitty, veraity, verasity, verocity, vetracity, vidacity, vracity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "veracity" (pronounced vera"sutē) |
| 7 | v er a" s u t ē | voracity. |
| 5 | -a" s u t ē | audacity, capacity, incapacity, mendacity, opacity, overcapacity, tenacity. |
| 4 | -s u t ē | adversity, analyticity, animosity, atrocity, authenticity, biodiversity, complexity, complicity, curiosity, density, diversity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, ethnicity, falsity, Felicity, ferocity, generosity, intensity, laxity, monstrosity, multiplicity, necessity, obesity, paucity, perplexity, perversity, pomposity, propensity, publicity, reciprocity, religiosity, scarcity, simplicity, specificity, toxicity, university, varsity, velocity, virtuosity, viscosity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, austerity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, divinity, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, eternity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, femininity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opportunity, originality, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, personality, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, velvety, venality, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-r-t-v-y" | |
-1 letter: variety. | |
-2 letters: active, cavity, verity. | |
-3 letters: aiver, areic, avert, caret, carte, carve, cater, caver, cavie, ceria, citer, civet, crate, crave, erica, evict, irate, react, recta, recti, retia, rivet, teary, terai, trace, trave, triac, trice, vatic, vicar, vitae. | |
-4 letters: acre, aery, airt, airy, arty, aver, care, cart, cate, cave, cavy, cire, cite, city, etic, eyra, race, racy, rate, rave, rice, rite, rive, tace, tare, tear, tier, tire, tivy, tray, trey, tyer, tyre, vair, vary, vera, vert, very, vice, vier, vita, yare, year, yeti. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, air, ait, arc, are, art, ate, ave, aye, car, cat, cay, cry, ear, eat, era, eta, ice, icy, ire, ivy, rat, ray, rec, rei, ret, rev, ria, rya, rye, tae, tar, tav, tea, tic, tie, try, tye, vac, var, vat, vet, via, vie, yar, yea, yet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-r-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: creatively, creativity, curatively, inveteracy, reactively, reactivity, vertically. | |
+3 letters: hyperactive, lucratively, ovariectomy, valedictory, vectorially, verticality, viceroyalty. | |
+4 letters: attractively, decoratively, detractively, extractively, hyperactives, inadvertency, overactivity, overcapacity, refractively, refractivity, veridicality, vesicularity. | |
+5 letters: comparatively, contrastively, cooperatively, correlatively, declaratively, hyperactivity, hyperreactive, interactively, noncreativity, predicatively, provocatively, radioactively, retroactively, retroactivity, superactivity, underactivity, viceroyalties. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 65 72 61 63 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- . .-. .- -.-. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V e r a c i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0065 0072 0061 0063 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5671846769758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
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