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Webster 1913 Edition
Verisimilitude
Verˊi-si-mil′i-tude
,Noun.
The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
Verisimilitude
and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill.
All that gives
verisimilitude
to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Verisimilitude
VERISIMIL'ITUDE
,Noun.
Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult.
Definition 2024
verisimilitude
verisimilitude
English
Noun
verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)
- The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
- A statement which merely appears to be true.
- (fiction) Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
Quotations
- For usage examples of this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
Related terms
- verisimilitudinous
- verisimilar
- verisimilarity
- truthiness
Translations
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true
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See also
External links
- verisimilitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- verisimilitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French
Etymology
From Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similis (“like, resembling, similar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁisimilityd/
Noun
verisimilitude f (plural verisimilitudes)