VERITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An enduring or necessary ethical or religious or aesthetic truth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("verity" is a kind of...):

truth (a fact that has been verified)

Meaning:

Conformity to reality or actuality

Example:

he turned to religion in his search for eternal verities

Synonyms:

the true; trueness; truth; verity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("verity" is a kind of...):

actuality (the state of actually existing objectively)

Attribute:

true (consistent with fact or reality; not false)

false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)