verisimilitude
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
NounEdit
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.
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- verisimilitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- verisimilitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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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NounEdit
verisimilitude f (plural verisimilitudes)