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verisimilitude

  • /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ UK

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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”).

noun verisimilitudes

  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.

    Similar: truthiness

  3. countable, uncountable, in composing a fiction 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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noun property of seeming true

Españolverosimilitud
Portuguêsverossimilhança
Françaisverisimilitude
DeutschWahrheitsähnlichkeit, Wahrheitsnähe, Realitätsnähe, Authentizität, Wirklichkeitsnähe
Românăverosimilitate, verosimilitudine
Русскийправдоподо́бие pravdopodóbije

noun statement which merely appears to be true

DeutschScheinwahrheit

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@misc{verisimilitude_2026,
  title = {verisimilitude},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/verisimilitude},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}