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Verisimilitude

[vœrisɛ̃ilityd]
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Définitions de « verisimilitude »

Verisimilitude - Nom commun

  • Vérisimilitude: Qualité de ce qui semble vrai, vraisemblance.

    Cette apparence de verisimilitude qui les faict prendre plustost à gauche qu’à droicte, augmentez la ; cette once de verisimilitude, qui incline la balance, multipliez là de cent, de mille onces ; il en adviendra en fin, que la balance prendra party tout à faict, et arrestera un chois et une verité entiere.
    — Michel de Montaigne, Essais de Michel de Montaigne

Étymologie de « verisimilitude »

Du latin vērīsimilitūdō (ressemblance avec la vérité, vraisemblance), dérivé de vērīsimilis (qui semble vrai), lui-même formé de vērus (vrai) et similis (semblable).

Usage du mot « verisimilitude »

Évolution historique de l’usage du mot « verisimilitude » depuis 1800

Citations contenant le mot « verisimilitude »

  • “It’s not our style to CG a penis. I think it’s important for verisimilitude that we create these penises practically. When we were writing the pilot, that scene, as shocking as it is, is about Emma’s self- esteem. It’s about being goaded and pressured into doing something sexually that she’s not comfortable with, and that really costs her something. Again, we’re never like, “Hey, we blew up a dick in The Boys so let’s have a tiny person climb a dick in this one.” We’re always talking about, “She’s going through it” and this was a bold way to dramatize that.”
    We Got This Covered — 'Gen V' Went Practical with Its Exploding Organs for 'Verisimilitude'
  • The distinction between cogency and verisimilitude comes from Ronald Howard’s book, “The Foundations of Decision Analysis Revisited [1].” In this, he writes:
    Medium — Three of the Most Underrated Data Science Concepts | by Tyler Buffington, PhD | Towards Data Science
  • Anderson’s cinematic style varies with each one of his films. Whether they read like picture books or paintings, it's the cohesion of his narrative, characters, and dialogue that truly make the movies work. This verisimilitude is what allows the viewer to accept the reality of his meticulously crafted worlds.
    No Film School — Watch: How Wes Anderson's Pretensions Benefit His Art | No Film School
  • Writer-director Sean Anders and his wife are parents to three adopted children, and there’s a sense of verisimilitude and attention to detail regarding both the joys and the travails of foster care. Still, the tone is weird, seesawing between broad comedy (Tig Notaro and Octavia Spencer as hardened adoption agency workers) and manipulative melodrama (I hate to admit it, but a standoff between Pete, Ellie and Lizzy moved me to tears).
    the Guardian — Instant Family review – married with children… now | Comedy films | The Guardian

Traductions du mot « verisimilitude »

Langue Traduction
Anglais verisimilitude
Espagnol verosimilitud
Italien verosimiglianza
Allemand wahrhaftigkeit
Chinois 逼真
Arabe شىء محتمل
Portugais verossimilhança
Russe правдоподобие
Japonais 真実らしさ
Basque egiazkotasuna
Corse verosimilità
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