Verisimilitude means something that appears true or real, even if it may not be completely accurate. It is the quality of being convincing or resembling reality in art, literature, or life. Full definition
Doug Liman's American Made largely eschews any sense of verisimilitude in favor of wacky comedy bits. (slantmagazine.com)
Dillon's career - long quest for verisimilitude brings him to Fox's new 10 - episode drama «Wayward Pines,» tackling TV for the first time. (backstage.com)
Maine's language in Fallen is even less bound to the illusion of historical verisimilitude than it was in The Preservationist: Eve likens the memory of the Garden to «the remembered scent of a lover,» a changed object is said to «morph,» and the narrator likens Cain's mark to a «Tower of Babel reflected mirrorwise» that everyone sees differently. (firstthings.com)