verisimilitude
noun
, -ˌtyüd\
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, -ˈtyüd- ; -ˈtü-də-nəs , -ˈtyü- \
adjective
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literalism, naturalism, realism, representationalism, verismo
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But inside its pulsing directness is a dispiriting verisimilitude about how wide the chasm has gotten, and whose hand is strongest. — Robert Abele, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: Stéphane Brizé’s French drama ‘At War’ takes up the gritty cry of the working class," 2 Aug. 2019 Since Supremacy’s release in 2004, the use of this visceral verisimilitude has proven hit and miss, with some lesser entries in the genre eventually approaching or achieving self-parody (including Greengrass’ own Jason Bourne in 2016). — Phil Pirrello, The Hollywood Reporter, "How 'The Bourne Supremacy' Spawned Action Imitators," 23 July 2019 Working through improvisation, perhaps, or through other revered techniques of self-discovery, the performers arrive at dangerous levels of intensity and verisimilitude. — James Fenton, The New York Review of Books, "James Fenton," 9 May 2019 Ironically, the characters’ verisimilitude only draws attention to the artifice of the narrative. — Nora Mcgreevy, BostonGlobe.com, "‘Lion King’ remake offers a muffled roar," 17 July 2019 In Rocketman, though, the point is not verisimilitude. — Allegra Frank, Vox, "Rocketman’s music director explains why you shouldn’t compare it to Bohemian Rhapsody," 17 June 2019 Robin is a sympathetic figure, and the steady accretion of minor events makes her wholly lifelike, but the cost of verisimilitude is a lot of passivity and dullness. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: Friendships, Rivalries, Hierarchies & Reversals," 21 June 2019 Something in the retelling of a dream, however haunting and however true, lacks the peculiar verisimilitude of dreams, their unique vocabulary and texture, their singular identity. — The New York Review of Books, "Alberto Manguel," 6 Nov. 2018 Of course, working around real preteens upped the verisimilitude. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Creators of PEN15 Present Their Hilarious, Oddly Harrowing New Show," 26 Feb. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'verisimilitude.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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