verisimilitude
pronunciation
How to pronounce verisimilitude in British English:
UK [ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd]
How to pronounce verisimilitude in American English:
US [ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtuːd]
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- Noun:
- the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Word Origin
- verisimilitude (n.)
- "appearance of truth or reality, likelihood," c. 1600, from French verisimilitude (1540s), from Latin verisimilitudo "likeness to truth," from veri, genitive of verum, neuter of verus "true" (see very) + similis "like, similar" (see similar). Related: Verisimilar.
Example
- 1. Stories must have verisimilitude to interest most people .
- 2. So he hold his realism by developing his theory on verisimilitude .
- 3. As digital recording continues to increase in resolution , fluidity , and sensitivity , this verisimilitude with " being in the set " will also increase .
- 4. We ( the english ) look to programs of this sort for a kind of verisimilitude we would not ask of , say , a shakespeare drama , or even of jane austen .
- 5. Skeptics contend the shroud is a medieval hoax or forgery - or even a devotional work of artistic verisimilitude .