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verisimilitude

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ver·i·si·mil·i·tude  (vr-s-ml-td, -tyd)
n.
1. The quality of appearing to be true or real. See Synonyms at truth.
2. Something that has the appearance of being true or real.
[Latin vrsimilitd, from vrsimilis, verisimilar; see verisimilar.]
veri·si·mili·tudi·nous (-tdn-s, -tyd-) adj.
verisimilitude
Noun
the appearance of truth or reality [Latin verus true + similitudo similitude]
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Noun1.verisimilitudeverisimilitude - the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
semblance, gloss, color, colour - an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"


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At last, satisfactorily disguised, and with even his shock of black hair adding to the verisimilitude of his likeness to the natives of the city, he sought for some means of reaching the street below.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Plots in fiction should be wedded to the understanding of the reader, and be constructed in such a way that, reconciling impossibilities, smoothing over difficulties, keeping the mind on the alert, they may surprise, interest, divert, and entertain, so that wonder and delight joined may keep pace one with the other; all which he will fail to effect who shuns verisimilitude and truth to nature, wherein lies the perfection of writing.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
Its tales of the Ethiopian Prester John, of diamonds that by proper care can be made to grow, of trees whose fruit is an odd sort of lambs, and a hundred other equally remarkable phenomena, are narrated with skilful verisimilitude and still strongly hold the reader's interest, even if they no longer command belief.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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