believable

adj
/bɪˈliːvəbl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English bilevable, beleevable, equivalent to believe + -able.

  1. inherited from bilevable

Definitions

  1. Capable of being believed

    Capable of being believed; credible.

    • believable answer
    • believable account
    • believable story

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at believable. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01believable02credible03trustworthy04trust05credit06credence07table08two-dimensional09believability

A definitional loop anchored at believable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at believable

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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