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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
verisimilitude /ˌvɛrɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/

▶noun the appearance of being true or real.

– derivatives
verisimilar adjective.

– origin C17: from L. verisimilitudo, from verisimilis ‘probable’, from veri (genitive of verus ‘true’) + similis ‘like’.

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