vraisemblance

/ ˌvreɪsɒmˈblɒns; vrɛsɑ̃blɑ̃s /

noun

1. verisimilitude; appearance of truth

Word History and Origins

Origin of vraisemblance¹

French, from vrai true + semblance

Example Sentences

Among brutal Saxons the theory still lingers that Ireland is all bog, and this will give vraisemblance to your picture.

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Burckhardt was the first to dispute this claim, and to ascribe the fresco with more vraisemblance to Perugino.

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Splendid as is the scene between her and Savonarola, the vraisemblance is spoilt by this impossibility of condition.

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All the more for the horrible vraisemblance of the story, could he see the steps by which it had been put together.

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The small part of Meixner, the theological student turned social-democrat, had vraisemblance.

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