verisimilitude.

The convincing appearance of being true, real, or lifelike.

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Words that belong together

• narrative verisimilitude
• lend verisimilitude

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The mundane details gave the invented history its verisimilitude.

She admired the scene’s verisimilitude without mistaking it for testimony.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.