verisimilitude

/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

UK: /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

verisimilitude

English Noun
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Definition

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

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”).

Example Sentences

  • "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."
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