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verisimilitude

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14
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/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

Definition of verisimilitude

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
  2. (countable, uncountable)A statement which merely appears to be true.
  3. (countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
    “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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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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