verisimilitudinous

ver·i·si·mil·i·tude (v

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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 (-t

s, -ty

-) adj.

verisimilitude [ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪˌtjuːd]

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]

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Noun

verisimilitude - 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] N → verosimilitud 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.

Constructing the Electorate during Presidential Campaigns by HART, RODERICK P.; JOHNSON, MARY C. / Presidential Studies Quarterly

In a London where so many Portuguese were Marranos, Jewishness could have been verisimilitudinous for Pisaro.

The Jew as Renaissance man by Berek, Peter / Renaissance Quarterly

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