Verisimilitude is the quality of appearing to be true or real, or something that has this appearance.
Verisimilitude is the quality of appearing to be true or real, or something that has this appearance.
| Front | verisimilitude \ver-uh-si-MIL-i-tood, -tyood\ |
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| Back | noun 1. The quality of appearing to be true or real. 2. Something that has the appearance of being true or real. [From Latin verisimilitudo, from verum (truth) + similis (like). Earliest documented use: 1603.] "There are moments in the new musical The Burnt Part Boys that mirror recent events with haunting verisimilitude." - David Rooney; Fictional Mining Town; The New York Times; May 19, 2010. |
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