as in realism
realistic depiction in art and literature the novel's degree of verisimilitude is compromised by 18th-century characters who speak in very 21st-century English

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Recent Examples of verisimilitude Still, an occasional visit for a playdate pickup cannot express the verisimilitudes of a quarter century of family experience shared by a renowned photographer. Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 Takahashi was at pains to stress that the film, a sequel to the 1975 disaster classic The Bullet Train, was made in cooperation with the East Japan Railway Company, heightening the verisimilitude of the film with real Shinkansen trains, stations and uniforms. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2025 All of this infrastructure creates a context of verisimilitude for fake rehearsals designed to bear real fruit. Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 May 2025 So much of the verisimilitude and the nervy emotion of The Pitt is owed to the sound of silence. Jeremy D. Larson, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for verisimilitude
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realism
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  • While the film is better off with all the realism, the production costs went up as a result.
    Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
  • Those non-actors lent a realism that shooting on a Hollywood lot with seasoned stars cannot replicate.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 19 June 2025

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“Verisimilitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verisimilitude. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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