English Explanatory Dictionary

verisimilitude

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
  2. A statement which merely appears to be true.
  3. Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

Pronunciation

/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-verisimilitude.wav

Word forms

verisimilitude verisimilitudes

Etymology

From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).

Synonyms

truthiness

Related words

veracity verisimilar verisimilarity verisimilitudinous factoid probability
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