verisimilitude
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
Noun[edit]
verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)
- The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
- A statement which merely appears to be true.
- (fiction) Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
Quotations[edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
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Translations[edit]
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true
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External links[edit]
- verisimilitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- verisimilitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).
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Noun[edit]
verisimilitude f (plural verisimilitudes)
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