Verisimilitude

//vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true wordnet
  3. 3
    A statement which merely appears to be true. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion. countable, uncountable

    "On July 12, Madame filed suit for divorce, naming one Jane McManus as his principal mistress. Other adulteries were noted in the interest of verisimilitude."

Synonyms

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aptitudeartlessnessauthenticitychanceexpectationgood chance

Example

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"It is interesting how this conspiracy theory author abandons all attempts at verisimilitude."

Etymology

From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).

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