as in realism
realistic depiction in art and literature
the novel's degree of verisimilitude is compromised by 18th-century characters who speak in very 21st-century English
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Recent Examples of verisimilitude
What Vuong seems to mean is that such Proustian details are unexpected but nevertheless distinctive; their unprompted specificity gives the story a verisimilitude.
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Artisans aged and dyed the costumes over and over again, relentlessly pursuing verisimilitude in all things.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Still, an occasional visit for a playdate pickup cannot express the verisimilitudes of a quarter century of family experience shared by a renowned photographer.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Takahashi was at pains to stress that the film, a sequel to the 1975 disaster classic The Bullet Train, was made in cooperation with the East Japan Railway Company, heightening the verisimilitude of the film with real Shinkansen trains, stations and uniforms.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
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Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Artisans aged and dyed the costumes over and over again, relentlessly pursuing verisimilitude in all things.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Still, an occasional visit for a playdate pickup cannot express the verisimilitudes of a quarter century of family experience shared by a renowned photographer.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Takahashi was at pains to stress that the film, a sequel to the 1975 disaster classic The Bullet Train, was made in cooperation with the East Japan Railway Company, heightening the verisimilitude of the film with real Shinkansen trains, stations and uniforms.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for verisimilitude
realism
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Blending magical realism with the Chilean myth of the Invunche, the story gives shape to trauma and uprooted identity.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
29 July 2025
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The diagnosis echoes the dark realism of early critical race theorists.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Verisimilitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verisimilitude. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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