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VERISIMILITUDE
verisimilitude
(noun) the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)
The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
A statement which merely appears to be true.
(fiction) Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.
Source: Wiktionary
Ver`i*si*mil"i*tude, n. Etym: [L. verisimilitudo: cf. OF. verisimilitude. See Verisimilar.]
Definition: The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood. Verisimilitude and opinion are an easy purchase; but true knowledge is dear and difficult. Glanvill. All that gives verisimilitude to a narrative. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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