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verisimilitude |
(n): the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true
(n): an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading
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"Corroborative detail intended to provide artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
-- W.S. Gilbert, "The Mikado"
"Corroborative detail intended to provide artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."
-- W.S. Gilbert, "The Mikado"
I personally like my list better than Letterman's namby-pamby thing.
One of the Top Ten Words That Sound Great When Spoken by James Earl Jones
When this word entered the annals of philosophy over half a century ago, no one would have anticipated that the word would come to describe a chasm captivating a generation of tv watchers.