vraisemblance
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of vraisemblance
French, from vrai true + semblance
Example Sentences
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It is the old argument of vraisemblance, as found in Maggi, Scaliger, and especially Castelvetro, whom Chapelain seems in part to follow.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Joel Elias Spingarn
Such a novel deserves to be called quite as truly romance and prose poem, save that Balzac's vraisemblance, his gift for photographic detail and the contemporaneousness of the setting, make it modern.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Richard Burton
Persons and scenes are brought into juxtaposition, in a manner to violate every principle of vraisemblance.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various
Mr. Hale's historical scholarship and his habit of detail have aided him in the art of giving vraisemblance to absurdities.
From Initial Studies in American Letters by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
But there was just so much truth in the version, garbled as it was, just so much vraisemblance in the tale that even those who knew the facts, could not wholly contradict it.
From Chippinge Borough by Stanley J. Weyman
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