# verisimilitude

> English word · Noun · IPA /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ · frequency rank #77,321

## Definitions
1. The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
2. A statement which merely appears to be true.
3. Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

## Etymology
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”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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