Verisimilitude
The word verisimilitude refers to the quality of appearing to be real. Fiction writers and filmmakers strive to achieve some kind of verisimilitude to give their stories an air of reality. This can be done by adding details or examples from real life to their works.
Origin
From Latin verisimilitudo (“likeness to truth”), which is derived from verus (“true, real”) and similitudo (“likeness, resemblance”).
Examples
1. Claire Foy plays Queen Elizabeth with an alarming verisimilitude in “The Crown” series.
2. A spy novel without some verisimilitude won’t interest many readers.
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