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verisimilitude

/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

verisimilitude noun: the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

Noun

verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)

  1. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
  2. A statement which merely appears to be true.
    Synonyms:
    truthiness
  3. Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
    • On July 12, Madame filed suit for divorce, naming one Jane McManus as his principal mistress. Other adulteries were noted in the interest of verisimilitude.1973, Gore Vidal, chapter 16, in Burr

verisimilitude meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

verisimilitude in Urdu

verisimilitude
اصل جیسا asl jaisā, اصلیت سے مشابہت asliyat se muśābahat

verisimilitude in Bengali

সত্যের মতো হওয়ার গুণ, আভাস

verisimilitude in Kannada

ಸತ್ಯಾಭಾಸ, ನಿಜವೆಂದು ಕಾಣಿಸುವ ಗುಣ

Synonyms of verisimilitude

Forms of verisimilitude

pluralverisimilitudes

Origin of verisimilitude

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”).

Words formed from verisimilitude

Questions about verisimilitude

What does verisimilitude mean?
Verisimilitude means the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
What is verisimilitude in Urdu?
Verisimilitude in Urdu is اصل جیسا (asl jaisā), اصلیت سے مشابہت (asliyat se muśābahat). See Verisimilitude meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is verisimilitude?
Verisimilitude is a noun.
How do you pronounce verisimilitude?
Verisimilitude is pronounced /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of verisimilitude?
The plural of verisimilitude is verisimilitudes.

Words near verisimilitude in the dictionary

  1. verinurad
  2. verisimilar
  3. verisimilarity
  4. verisimilarly
  5. verisimilities
  6. verisimilitude
  7. verisimilitudes
  8. verisimilitudinous
  9. verisimility
  10. verisimilous
  11. verism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: verisimilitude (page history and authors); اصل جیسا (Urdu) (page history and authors); verisimilitude (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); verisimilitude (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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