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noun
- the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood; probability: The play lacked verisimilitude.
- something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth.
noun
- the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; quality of seeming true
- something that merely seems to be true or real, such as a doubtful statement
c.1600, from French verisimilitude (1540s), from Latin verisimilitudo “likeness to truth,” from veri, genitive of verum, neuter of verus “true” (see very) + similis “like, similar” (see similar).