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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 [ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd]
n
1. the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; quality of seeming true
2. something that merely seems to be true or real, such as a doubtful statement
[from Latin vērisimilitūdō, from vērus true + similitūdō similitude]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.verisimilitude - the appearance of truthverisimilitude - 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"

verisimilitude
noun realism, authenticity, credibility, resemblance, likeness, semblance, plausibility, likeliness Computer animation is costly at this level of visual verisimilitude.
Translations
verisimilitude [ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd] Nverosimilitud f
verisimilitude [ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd] n (= authenticity) → vraisemblance f
verisimilitude
n (form)Wahrhaftigkeit f (liter), → Echtheit f; (of theory)Plausibilität f, → Evidenz f (liter)
verisimilitude [ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd] n (frm) → verosimiglianza


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This leads to the curious possibility that campaign discourse is somewhat verisimilitudinous, that candidates instinctively match their rhetoric to actual empirical circumstances.
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