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plausibility

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās.

  1. borrowed from plausibilitās

Definitions

  1. The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness

    The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise.

    • integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities

  2. The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive

    The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.

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

  3. A plausible statement, argument etc.

    • 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!
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The fact of being believable

      The fact of being believable; believability, credibility.

      • 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).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for plausibility. 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