"plausibility" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: plausibilities [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin plausibilitās. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|NL.|plausibilitās}} New Latin plausibilitās Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} plausibility (countable and uncountable, plural plausibilities)
  1. (obsolete) The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plausibility-en-noun-kEsTCBxo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 26 2 31
  2. (now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-plausibility-en-noun-WA6m29iH
  3. A plausible statement, argument etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (plausible statement or argument): у́бедлив (úbedliv) [masculine] (Macedonian)
    Sense id: en-plausibility-en-noun-eoA2iGD5 Disambiguation of 'plausible statement or argument': 4 4 77 15
  4. (now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (believability): versemblança [feminine] (Catalan), plauzibilita [feminine] (Czech), plausibel (Dutch), waarschijnlijk (Dutch), Plausibilität [feminine] (German), убе́дливост (ubédlivost) [feminine] (Macedonian), so-chredjallaght [feminine] (Manx), plauzibilitate (Romanian), plauzibilnost (Serbo-Croatian), plausibilidad (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-plausibility-en-noun-EAm0Glkt Disambiguation of 'believability': 19 9 1 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: implausibility

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for plausibility meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)

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