/ ˌverɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd; NAmE -tuːd/ noun
[ U ] ( formal ) the quality of seeming to be true or real
SYN authenticity :
To add verisimilitude, the stage is covered with sand for the desert scenes.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from Latin verisimilitudo , from verisimilis probable, from veri (genitive of verus true) + similis like.