Verisimilitude

Verisimilitude comes from the coined Latin words veritas and similis. It is defined as something that appears real but not necessarily true. The word which literally means truthlikeness has been used extensively by philosophical proponents. They try to prove that a false theory can be true in its manner when compared to other false theories. For example, when one say that "a blackout will happen wednesday next week" it sounds more truthlike than saying "a blackout will happen next week." If you are to analyze the philosophy concept then you would realize that the truth itself has many sides depending on your interpretation of the facts.