Verisimilitude
/ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtuːd/noun
The appearance of being real, often used in the context of a work of fiction.
The verisimilitude of her screenplay was praised by the critics.
Often appears as...
- verisimilitude of the story
- achieve verisimilitude
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noun
The appearance of being real, often used in the context of a work of fiction.
The verisimilitude of her screenplay was praised by the critics.
Often appears as...
- verisimilitude of the story
- achieve verisimilitude
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/3Beyond Reality
Used to describe something that feels real but isn't, typically in artistic contexts like literature or film.
The verisimilitude in the novel made me forget it was a work of fiction.
Pro Tip 2/3Detail Importance
Attention to detail can greatly enhance verisimilitude, as minor inaccuracies can disrupt the illusion.
Meticulous period costumes added to the verisimilitude of the historical drama.
Pro Tip 3/3Suspension of Disbelief
Helps the audience suspend disbelief, allowing them to become more engrossed in the fictional world.
The film's verisimilitude made the fantasy world seem possible.
Compare with
authenticcredibilitylikelihoodplausibilityrealismresemblesemblancesimilarity
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Rob Legato: The art of...
And in this particular case, this is the climax of the movie, and, you know, the weight of achieving it was simply take a model, throw it out of a helicopter, and shoot it. And that's simply what I did. That's me shooting, and I'm a fairly mediocre operator, so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude, of a kind of,
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The art of creating awe...
of the movie and you know the the weight of achieving it was simply take a model throw it out of a helicopter and shoot it and that's simply what I did that's me shooting and I'm a fairly mediocre operator so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude of a kind of you know following the rocket all the way down
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Understanding Simulated...
could actually be possible just to get it get a professional opinion on this let's find out if it's the case that one day we can have computers that can recreate a reality in bits and bytes that has such verisimilitude that their inhabitants of the simulations that feel
Video examples
Rob Legato: The art of...
And in this particular case, this is the climax of the movie, and, you know, the weight of achieving it was simply take a model, throw it out of a helicopter, and shoot it. And that's simply what I did. That's me shooting, and I'm a fairly mediocre operator, so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude, of a kind of,
Video examples
The art of creating awe...
of the movie and you know the the weight of achieving it was simply take a model throw it out of a helicopter and shoot it and that's simply what I did that's me shooting and I'm a fairly mediocre operator so I got that nice sense of verisimilitude of a kind of you know following the rocket all the way down
Video examples
Understanding Simulated...
could actually be possible just to get it get a professional opinion on this let's find out if it's the case that one day we can have computers that can recreate a reality in bits and bytes that has such verisimilitude that their inhabitants of the simulations that feel
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David S. Goyer
American Director
Call Of Duty' initially cut its teeth on World War II simulation stuff, and then we gradually advanced to the end of the Cold War, but you can't keep doing the same thing over and over again. And I think that because 'Call Of Duty' cut its teeth on presenting 'realism,' in quotes... verisimilitude.
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Will Self
English Author
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to work with... stream of consciousness, as it's called, for emotional reasons, and the main emotional reason is verisimilitude. I mean, this is what surprises people: Life is not in the simple past.
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David Ebershoff
American Writer
In some ways, writing a novel, especially a novel set in the past and about characters who once lived, is about amassing enough details and arranging them properly in order to offer the reader a verisimilitude that satisfies his or her curiosity about the story at hand.
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Greg Rucka
American Writer
I do crazy amounts of research. I want this stuff to 'work,' so to speak. I need to be, at least to me, believable - because if I feel - if I cannot invest some element of verisimilitude, the reader is absolutely not going to buy in.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination.
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Tom Wolfe
American Journalist
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination.
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Edward Zwick
American Director
Scale is not just something that a director wants so as to play with all the toys. Scale also lends verisimilitude, to put together a real world.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.
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David S. Goyer
American Director
Call Of Duty' initially cut its teeth on World War II simulation stuff, and then we gradually advanced to the end of the Cold War, but you can't keep doing the same thing over and over again. And I think that because 'Call Of Duty' cut its teeth on presenting 'realism,' in quotes... verisimilitude.
Quote examples
Will Self
English Author
The paradox of modernism is, writers make the decision to work with the continuous present, and to work with... stream of consciousness, as it's called, for emotional reasons, and the main emotional reason is verisimilitude. I mean, this is what surprises people: Life is not in the simple past.
Quote examples
David Ebershoff
American Writer
In some ways, writing a novel, especially a novel set in the past and about characters who once lived, is about amassing enough details and arranging them properly in order to offer the reader a verisimilitude that satisfies his or her curiosity about the story at hand.
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Greg Rucka
American Writer
I do crazy amounts of research. I want this stuff to 'work,' so to speak. I need to be, at least to me, believable - because if I feel - if I cannot invest some element of verisimilitude, the reader is absolutely not going to buy in.
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Tim O'Brien
American Author
In fiction workshops, we tend to focus on matters of verisimilitude largely because such issues are so much easier to talk about than the failure of imagination.
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Tom Wolfe
American Journalist
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination.
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Edward Zwick
American Director
Scale is not just something that a director wants so as to play with all the toys. Scale also lends verisimilitude, to put together a real world.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.
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