verisimilitude

noun3

1. •
   The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
2. •
   A statement which merely appears to be true.
3. •
   Faithfulness to its own rules; internal cohesion.

   • On July 12, Madame filed suit for divorce, naming one Jane McManus as his principal mistress. Other adulteries were noted in the interest of verisimilitude. — 1973