Synonyms for verisimilitude

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ver-uh-si-mil-i-tood, -tyood

Phonetic Transcription : ˌvɛr ə sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud

Top 10 synonyms for verisimilitude

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Définition of verisimilitude

Origin : c.1600, from French verisimilitude (1540s), from Latin verisimilitudo "likeness to truth," from veri, genitive of verum, neuter of verus "true" (see very) + similis "like, similar" (see similar).

noun authenticity

Example sentences :

His account of the origin of the sexes has the greatest (comic) probability and verisimilitude.
Extract from : « Symposium » by Plato

Now as to the verisimilitude, the miraculousness, and the fact, of this medicinal oil.
Extract from : « Apologia Pro Vita Sua » by John Henry Cardinal Newman

For the sake of verisimilitude he laid the scene in his own barracks.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 150, February 2, 1916 » by Various

But we have not yet done with the points of verisimilitude in our story.
Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.

Besides it will go far to assist the verisimilitude of your travels.
Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

Nor do the portraits of the others attract by their verisimilitude.
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. X. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

Shaw places it far above painting because of its verisimilitude!
Extract from : « Iconoclasts » by James Huneker

Or is it so easily to be pleased, and is no verisimilitude needed?
Extract from : « The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre » by Jean de La Bruyre

The great charm of these works, which had captivated the million, was their verisimilitude.
Extract from : « Peter Parley's Own Story » by Samuel G. Goodrich

The details that Harry supplies give an air of verisimilitude to his narrative.
Extract from : « Sir William Wallace » by A. F. Murison

Antonyms for verisimilitude

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