Verisimilitude (noun)
verisimilitude [ ver-uh-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood ]noun1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability:
The play lacked verisimilitude.2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
WORDS RELATED TO VERISIMILITUDEplausibility, realism, semblance, likeness, similarity, color, credibility, show, genuineness, resemblance, likeliness, virtual reality
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.comOrigin: 1595–1605; < Latin vērīsimilitūdō, equivalent to vērī (genitive singular of vērum truth) + similitūdōsimilitude
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB FOR VERISIMILITUDEAnd the conceit of total artifice deprives us of what Tolstoy is best at: marrying artifice with verisimilitude.
‘THE TRIAL’ & MORE TOP FILM ADAPTATIONS OF LITERARY CLASSICS (VIDEO)|JIMMY SO|NOVEMBER 24, 2012|DAILY BEASTMeanwhile he secretly reflects upon the particular sort of calumny that will have the greatest degree of verisimilitude.
HUMAN INTERCOURSE|PHILIP GILBERT HAMERTONHe gave to his figures a vitality and ease, and impressed upon them a verisimilitude which appeal to every spectator.
A POPULAR HANDBOOK TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY, VOLUME I, FOREIGN SCHOOLS|VARIOUSNot truth, but verisimilitude, is his aim; for the stage is the realm of appearances, in which intrusive realities become unreal.
PLAY-MAKING|WILLIAM ARCHERNow
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