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credibility

noun
/kɹɛd.əˈbɪ.ɫɪ.ti/

Etymology

Borrowed from French crédibilité, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis. By surface analysis, credible + -ity.

  1. derived from credibilis
  2. derived from credibilitas
  3. borrowed from crédibilité

Definitions

  1. A reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

    • After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.
    • The 'partygate' controversy has played a major part in undermining the credibility of Boris Johnson and his Government and has led to calls from senior MPs for him to resign.

  2. A believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is…

    A believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

The neighborhood

Derived

credibility gap, noncredibility, street credibility

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for credibility. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA