Definitions for verisimilitudeˌvɛr ə sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

ver•i•si•mil•i•tudeˌvɛr ə sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud(n.)

  1. the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood.

  2. something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.

Origin of verisimilitude:

1595–1605; < L vērīsimilitūdō=vērī, gen. sing. of vērum truth +similitūdōsimilitude

Princeton's WordNet

  1. verisimilitude(noun)

    the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true

Wiktionary

  1. verisimilitude(Noun)

    the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism

  2. verisimilitude(Noun)

    a statement which merely appears to be true

  3. Origin: From verisimilitudo, more correctly written separately as veri similitudo; from veri, genitive singular of verus, + similitudo.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Verisimilitude(noun)

    the quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood


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