 ##  [Verisimilitude](/index.php/verisimilitude) 

  ##  [Verisimilitude](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/verisimilitude-0) 

  
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**Humanities &amp; Arts Dictionary**

 
Definition

A comparative quality ascribed to theories or propositions that measures their closeness to the truth when none are strictly true; verisimilitude assesses how well a theory captures true aspects of its target domain and excludes false ones, enabling comparative evaluation of approximate theories.