verisimilitude

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For esthetic verisimilitude, the expression of which is sensible, differs from logical truth, the demonstration of which is rational; and religious truth, the truth of faith, the substance of things hoped for, is not equivalent to moral truth, but superimposes itself upon it.

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  1. noun The quality of appearing to be true or real. See Synonyms at truth.
  2. noun Something that has the appearance of being true or real.

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  • This game has humor and satire, but it also has drama, verisimilitude, and (fantastic) characterization.
  • The object on the floor was clearly a teddy bear, or at least the replica of a teddy bear, and from where Jimmerson stood it appeared to have been contrived with uncanny verisimilitude -- apparently out of rusty cast iron. —  EBSCOhost
  • Certainly there is little sense of astronomical verisimilitude, as we see when he has Quell announce that his home is some ten million miles and five light years distant, and never mind that there is no star at that distance from Earth. —  AnalogSFF,April2008
  • As a conceit or a touch of verisimilitude, therapy sessions did a lot for Scarpetta in the past, but they can't sustain an entire series. —  California Literary Review
  • How has the nature of verisimilitude -- the image we consent to call "real" -- changed over the course of literary history? —  Powell's Books: Overview
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  1. Latin vērīsimilitūdō, from vērīsimilis, verisimilar; see verisimilar.

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  1. = Spanish verisimilitud = Portuguese verisimilitude = Italian verisimilitudine, from Latin verisimilitudo, prop, veri similitudo, likeness to truth: veri, genitive of verum, truth; similitudo, likeness: see similitude, and cf. verisimilar.
 

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