verisimilitude
What is another word for verisimilitude? Here is its meaning, with related words and examples.
Noun — The quality of appearing real or true to life.
Synonyms by Meaning
2. noun
The way a piece of work stays consistent with its own internal logic.
“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.”
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Etymology
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”).
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