verisimilitude
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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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- IPA: /vɛrɪsɪ'mɪlɪtju:d/
[edit] Noun
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verisimilitude (plural verisimilitudes)
- the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism
- a statement which merely appears to be true
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the property of seeming true
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a statement which merely appears to be true
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[edit] See also
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- verisimilitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- verisimilitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Etymology
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’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /vɛʀisimilityd/
[edit] Noun
verisimilitude f. (plural verisimilitudes)
