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Plausibility — Plau si*bil i*ty, n. [Cf. F. plausibilit[ e].] 1. Something worthy of praise. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. E. Vaughan. [1913 Webster] 2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plausibility — index common sense, credibility, likelihood, possibility, probability Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
plausibility — plausible ► ADJECTIVE 1) seeming reasonable or probable. 2) skilled at producing persuasive or deceptive arguments: a plausible liar. DERIVATIVES plausibility noun plausibly adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deserving applause»: from Latin… … English terms dictionary
Plausibility structure — within the social study of religion is a sociocultural context (or base) for systems of meaning or beliefs which are considered so basic and unquestioned to the most of the individuals in a given society, that they would never think of… … Wikipedia
plausibility — noun (plural ties) Date: 1649 1. the quality or state of being plausible 2. something plausible … New Collegiate Dictionary
plausibility — See plausible. * * * … Universalium
plausibility — noun a) The quality of being plausible; speciousness. b) Anything plausible or specious … Wiktionary
plausibility — Synonyms and related words: acceptability, admissibility, apparent soundness, believability, believableness, casuistry, circularity, color, common sense, conceivability, credibility, credit, disingenuousness, distortion, equivocalness,… … Moby Thesaurus
plausibility — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Appearance of truth or authenticity: believa bility, color, credibility, credibleness, creditabil ity, creditableness, plausibleness, verisimilitude. See LIKELY … English dictionary for students
plausibility — plau·si·bil·i·ty || ‚plÉ”ËzÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. reasonableness, believability, credibility; state of appearing to be trustworthy (about a person) … English contemporary dictionary
