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plausibility
English
Etymology
From Latin plausibilis +? -ty.
Noun
plausibility (countable and uncountable, plural plausibilities)
- (obsolete) The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise. [16th–17th c.]
- 1668, David Lloyd, Memories of the Lives, Actions, Sufferings & Deaths of Those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages that Suffered […] for the Protestant Religion
- integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities
- 1668, David Lloyd, Memories of the Lives, Actions, Sufferings & Deaths of Those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages that Suffered […] for the Protestant Religion
- (now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness. [from 17th c.]
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
- Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors.
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men:
- A plausible statement, argument etc. [from 17th c.]
- 1868, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book
- Striking me dumb, and helping her to speak,
Tell her own story her own way, and turn
My plausibility to nothingness!
- Striking me dumb, and helping her to speak,
- 1868, Robert Browning, The Ring and the Book
- (now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. [from 18th c.]
Derived terms
- implausibility
Translations
References
- plausibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- plausibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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implausibility
English
Noun
implausibility (usually uncountable, plural implausibilities)
- Lack of plausibility; the quality of being implausible.
- Something implausible.
- Her story was rejected because of its numerous implausibilities.
Translations
References
- implausibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- implausibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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