verisimilitude
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French vérisimilitude, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
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
- 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
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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
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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)
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