literally and as used in aesthetic criticism, the appearance of being true or real In philosophy, a surrogate for the truth of scientific theories offered by Karl Popper as part of his vision of the nature of scientific progress
the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism
Verisimilitude is the quality of seeming to be true or real. At the required level of visual verisimilitude, computer animation is costly. = authenticity. the quality of being true or real (verisimilitudo, from verisimilis , from veri similis )
How real a text seems; how closely it matches the reader's expectations of reality This is accomplished through realistic-seeming characters, setting and style See Realism
\ver-uh-suh-MIL-uh-tood; -tyood\, noun: 1 The appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true 2 Something that has the appearance of being true or real
The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood