Timeline for What adjective means "accurately representitive of reality"?
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Jul 8, 2019 at 20:34 | comment | added | Mazura | When Fallout 4 was released it was a first person shooter. 254 mods later and there isn't any aspect of reality I've left unincluded (death from old age, aside). Now my copy of F4 is an immersive simulation. | |
Jul 8, 2019 at 20:18 | comment | added | Mazura | Both share the Latin root similis ('like' or 'similar'). simulation +1 (adjective: simulative). - "Meaning 'to use a model to imitate certain conditions for purposes of study or training' is from 1947." In 2019, now we need a meaning for the purposes of immersion (adjective: immersive). | |
Jul 8, 2019 at 14:17 | comment | added | Davislor | I don’t think this is correct. Verisimilitude is all about the appearance. Something might have verisimilitude but be unrealistic. Also, it’s a noun and the request was for an adjective. | |
Jul 8, 2019 at 2:35 | comment | added | Zebrafish | @Balaz2ta Yes, you're right. It's a fun word, but probably not appropriate. While you were writing your comment I edited my answer to mention that "simulation" is most likely the best word to use. "Simulation" means, I'm pretty sure, that it tries to faithfully replicate real-life conditions, so I think simply "simulation" or "simulator" might be best. | |
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Jul 8, 2019 at 2:30 | comment | added | Balaz2ta | One consideration here - I assume this word is meant to convince the general public of the game's authenticity/accuracy? In this case 'verisimilitude', while being both an excellent word and technically correct, may be too obscure/unclear for the intended audience. | |
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Jul 8, 2019 at 0:52 | history | answered | Zebrafish | CC BY-SA 4.0 |