verisimilitude |ˌverəsəˈmiliˌt(y)oōd| noun the appearance of being true or real : the detail gives the novel some verisimilitude. DERIVATIVES verisimilar |-ˈsimələr| adjective ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin verisimilitudo, from verisimilis ‘probable,’ from veri (genitive of verus ‘true’ ) + similis ‘like.’
Thesaurus
verisimilitude- noun the verisimilitude of her performance is gripping realism, believability, plausibility, authenticity, credibility, lifelikeness.
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