verisimilitude

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

Noun

verisimilitude

1. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
2. A statement which merely appears to be true.
3. (fiction) Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

Related terms

• verisimilitudinous
• verisimilar
• verisimilarity
• truthiness

Translations

• French: verisimilitude
• German: Wahrhaftigkeit, Wahrheitsnähe
• Portuguese: verossimilhança
• Russian: правдоподо́бие
• Spanish: verosimilitud, verismo

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