"deniability" meaning in All languages combined

See deniability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˌnaɪ(j)əˈbɪlɪti/ [UK] Audio: en-us-deniability.ogg [US] Forms: deniabilities [plural]
Etymology: deny + -ability Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|deny|ability}} deny + -ability Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} deniability (countable and uncountable, plural deniabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being deniable. Tags: uncountable Translations (condition): kiistettävyys (Finnish), უარყოფადობა (uarq̇opadoba) (Georgian), Abstreitbarkeit [feminine] (German), Bestreitbarkeit [feminine] (German), zaprzeczalność [feminine] (Polish), отрицаемость (otricajemostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-deniability-en-noun-dWsnttH6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ability Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ability: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'condition': 98 2
  2. (countable) The extent to which something is deniable. Tags: countable Translations (extent): kiistettävyys (Finnish), Abstreitbarkeit [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-deniability-en-noun-9IttZIj5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'extent': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: plausible deniability

Inflected forms

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