vraisemblance
/vɹeɪsɑmˈblɑns/
vraisemblance means verisimilitude. It carries an Arena rating of 1520, earned across 2 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, vraisemblance ranks #2,873 of 17,114 for Most Satisfying to Say, #4,185 of 17,125 for Most Incisive Words, #4,206 of 17,120 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,554 of 17,140 for The Improbable.
vraisemblance is pronounced /vɹeɪsɑmˈblɑns/.
Why “vraisemblance” is a great word
The quality of possessing the convincing appearance of truth, of mirroring reality so faithfully that the distinction seems to vanish. From the French vraisemblance, combining vrai ("true") and semblance ("appearance"). Unlike truth, which is the bedrock of fact, or plausibility, which is an argument's logical footing, vraisemblance is the aesthetic shimmer of lifelikeness, the texture of a world so fully rendered we forget its artifice. It is the precisely observed gesture in a novel, the perfectly captured light in a Dutch interior, the dialogue that rings with the rhythm of actual speech—all constructing a fragile edifice of belief. In the end, vraisemblance is not the thing itself, but the lingering warmth of its ghost.
noun
- verisimilitudee.g.“Recognition of this first level of vraisemblance need not depend on the claim that reality is a convention produced by language.”
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