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Verisimilitude

//vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd// noun

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."

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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