verisimilitude
[ver-uh-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
Origin of verisimilitude
1595–1605; < Latin vērīsimilitūdō, equivalent to vērī (genitive singular of vērum truth) + similitūdō similitude
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Related Words for verisimilitude
plausibility, realism, semblance, likeness, similarity, color, credibility, show, genuineness, resemblance, likelinessExamples from the Web for verisimilitude
Contemporary Examples of verisimilitude
And the conceit of total artifice deprives us of what Tolstoy is best at: marrying artifice with verisimilitude.
Historical Examples of verisimilitude
His account of the origin of the sexes has the greatest (comic) probability and verisimilitude.
SymposiumPlato
Now as to the verisimilitude, the miraculousness, and the fact, of this medicinal oil.
Apologia Pro Vita SuaJohn Henry Cardinal Newman
For the sake of verisimilitude he laid the scene in his own barracks.
But we have not yet done with the points of verisimilitude in our story.
The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2)John Fiske.
Besides it will go far to assist the verisimilitude of your travels.
Olla PodridaFrederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
verisimilitude
noun
Word Origin for verisimilitude
C17: from Latin vērisimilitūdō, from vērus true + similitūdō similitude
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