C2noun · countable / uncountable · rare

verisimilitude

verisimilitude · verisimilitudes

правдоподобие

Wahrheitsähnlichkeit, Wahrheitsnähe, Realitätsnähe, Authentizität

The property of seeming true, of resembling realityThe property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.

/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

» It is interesting how this conspiracy theory author abandons all attempts at verisimilitude.

Интересно наблюдать, как автор этой теории заговора оставляет всякие попытки казаться правдоподобным.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
Wahrheitsähnlichkeit, Wahrheitsnähe, Realitätsnähe
правдоподо́биеpravdopodóbije
the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
(countable, uncountable)A statement which merely appears to be true.
Scheinwahrheit
(countable, uncountable)Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

Examples

1 sentences

It is interesting how this conspiracy theory author abandons all attempts at verisimilitude.
ruИнтересно наблюдать, как автор этой теории заговора оставляет всякие попытки казаться правдоподобным.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

property of seeming true:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

property of seeming true:

statement which merely appears to be true:

Origin

From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more c

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”).

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