Verisimilitude Definition

vĕrə-sĭ-mĭlĭ-to͝od, -tyo͝od
noun
The appearance of being true or real.
Webster's New World
Something having the mere appearance of being true or real.
Webster's New World

The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.

Wiktionary

A statement which merely appears to be true.

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Noun

Singular:
verisimilitude
Plural:
verisimilitudes

Origin of Verisimilitude

  • From Latin vÄ“rÄ«similitÅ«dō (“likeness to truth"), more correctly written separately as vÄ“rÄ« similitÅ«dō; from vÄ“rÄ«, genitive singular of vÄ“rus (“true, real"), + similitÅ«dō (“likeness, resemblance").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin vērīsimilitūdō from vērīsimilis verisimilar verisimilar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Verisimilitude Sentence Examples

  • It is a nightmare and nothing more, but a nightmare of the most extraordinary verisimilitude and poetical power.

  • Despite being truth claims, the goal of witnesses ' statements is the attainment of mere verisimilitude or plausibility, not truth.

  • Schliemann may or may not have been correct in identifying one of the seven cities that he unearthed at Hissarlik as the fabled Troy itself, but at least his efforts sufficed to give verisimilitude to the Homeric story.

  • The author introduces an element of verisimilitude into the play by allowing declarer to make the contract in spite of herself.

  • Exposure maps from a real observation were used for added verisimilitude.

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