vérité

[ vey-ree-tey ]

noun

, French.

1. truth; truthfulness.
2. cinéma vérité.

vérité

/ verite; ˈveɪriːˌteɪ /

adjective

1. involving a high degree of realism or naturalism See also cinéma vérité

   a vérité look at David Bowie

Word History and Origins

Origin of vérité¹

French, literally: truth

Example Sentences

There’s three elements: There’s the vérité — where we see them in their lives, sometimes they’re posturing, sometimes they’re presenting, sometimes they’re with friends, sometimes they’re lying.

From Los Angeles Times

New Orleans nonprofit paper Verite News, as well as national media players Gannett, Gray, Nexstar, Scripps and Tegna, were named as plaintiffs in the suit to stop the law, which punishes violators with a fine of up to $500 or up to 60 days in jail.

From Salon

Watts: Particularly, the cinema verité episode, where it’s all about the black and white ball.

From Los Angeles Times

“Bert was tired of cultural revolutionaries,” says Newton, “and when he saw me, he saw cinéma vérité.”

From Los Angeles Times

This meeting of teenage minds — part of a countrywide initiative sponsored by the American Legion — was captured in the Sundance hit “Boys State,” a vérité chronicle of the event, where participants are elected by their peers to different positions in government.

From New York Times