veracity
pronunciation
How to pronounce veracity in British English:
UK [vəˈræsəti]
How to pronounce veracity in American English:
US [vəˈræsəti]
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- Noun:
- unwillingness to tell lies
Word Origin
- veracity (n.)
- 1620s, from French véracité (17c.), from Medieval Latin veracitatem (nominative veracitas) "truthfulness," from Latin verax (genitive veracis) "truthful," from verus "true" (see very).
Example
- 1. We assess all news stories and test their veracity .
- 2. However , we are not responsible for the veracity of their contents .
- 3. It is important not to mistake marx 's significance in the history of ideas for the veracity of marx 's economics .
- 4. Google , with its instant access to factoids of dubious veracity , is singled out as a primary source of the malaise .
- 5. I asked david thomson , the project officer for viking energy , about the veracity of these payback calculations .