Plausibility

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities"

  2. 2
    apparent validity wordnet
  3. 3
    The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors."

  4. 4
    A plausible statement, argument etc. countable, uncountable

    "She too must shimmer through the gloom o' the grave, / Come and confront me— […] / Striking me dumb, and helping her to speak, / Tell her own story her own way, and turn / My plausibility to nothingness!"

  5. 5
    The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. countable, uncountable

    "The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32)."

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās.

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