verisimilitude
the appearance of truth or reality
Roots
- -tude / -itude: abstract noun suffix: state, quality, or condition
- simil / simul: like or resembling
- ver: true
Other words with the simil / simul root
- assimilate: to absorb or become similar
- dissemble: to hide true feelings or intentions
- dissimilar: not alike
- facsimile: an exact copy
- similar: alike in some way
- simile: comparison using like or as
- simulacrum: an image, copy, or hollow imitation
- simulate: to imitate or model
Other words with the ver root
Verisimilitude is truth-likeness: fiction that feels real enough to enter.
The novel gained verisimilitude from tiny details of street noise and weather.