Plausibility

Quick meaning: Plausibility is a noun meaning (now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.

Meaning

(now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.

More Meanings

1. A plausible statement, argument etc.
2. (now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility.
3. (obsolete) The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise.

Example Sentences

integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities

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

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!

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).

Word Forms

• plausibilities

Synonyms for plausibility

Depending on context, synonyms include plausibleness.

Antonyms for plausibility

Common opposites include implausibility, implausibleness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plausibleness, credibility, reasonableness, reasonability, feasibility, eligibility.

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