plausibility

English

Noun

plausibility (countable and uncountable, plural plausibilities)

  1. The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
  2. Anything plausible or specious.
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  3. (obsolete) Something worthy of praise.
    • E. Vaughan
      integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities

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References

  • plausibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • plausibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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