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): /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
Audio (UK) (file)
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
- (in composing a fiction): faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion
- 1973, Gore Vidal, Burr , chapter 16:
- 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[edit]
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true
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Further reading[edit]
- “verisimilitude” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “verisimilitude” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 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”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
verisimilitude f (plural verisimilitudes)
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