verisimilitude
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English
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”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
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Noun
verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)
- The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
- Coordinate terms: realisticness, realism
- A statement which merely appears to be true.
- Synonym: truthiness
- (in composing a fiction): Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
- 1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 16, in Burr:
- 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.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
Related terms
Translations
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true — see also truthiness
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See also
Further reading
- “verisimilitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “verisimilitude”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similis (“like, resembling, similar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
verisimilitude f (plural verisimilitudes)