Veritas
/ˈvɛɹɪtɑːs/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Truth, particularly of a transcendent character. countable, uncountable
"Over at Harvard, students are pursuing a different kind of sexual veritas."
Proper Noun
- 1 The Goddess of truth, a daughter of Saturn, and the mother of Virtus, also sometimes considered the daughter of Jupiter, or a creation of Prometheus; she is equivalent to Aletheia in Greek mythology Roman
Example
More examples"Over at Harvard, students are pursuing a different kind of sexual veritas."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin vēritās.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin vēritās (“truth; verity”).