3. Verisimilitude is the appearance of being true or real.
Originated from 17th century, Latin – Verisimilitudo.
Is a likeness or semblance of
the truth, reality or a fact's
probability.
Verisimilitude has its roots in
both the Platonic and
Aristotelian dramatic theory of
mimesis, the imitation or
representation of nature.
This idea laid the foundation for
the evolution of mimesis into
verisimilitude in the middle
ages.
