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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 But Jones’s performance is commendable for much more than her accent and historical verisimilitude. Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024 To enhance the verisimilitude of his wraparound segment, Cheel augments the fictional story of alien-contact footage discovered at a yard sale with nonfiction asides about UFO culture. A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 His pursuit of verisimilitude even extended to the characters’ names, given that they’re mostly named after the first-time actors playing them. Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024 Although their misrepresentations might have been intentional, suspicions were so systematic that verisimilitude was probably impossible. Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for verisimilitude 

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“Verisimilitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verisimilitude. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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