verisimilitude

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

schijnwaarheid

gelijkenis met de werkelijkheid

Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
Etymologie (Engels)

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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