Definition of VERISIMILITUDE

verisimilitude

Meanings

Plural: verisimilitudes

Noun

  • the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
  • The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
  • A statement which merely appears to be true.
  • Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

Origin / 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”).

Synonyms

truthiness

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