verisimilitude

CEFRC2

/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    The appearance of being true or real.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A statement which merely appears to be true.

Examples

  • It is interesting how this conspiracy theory author abandons all attempts at verisimilitude.

  • 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.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

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noun

Extra meanings

  1. Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

  2. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).