plausibility

English

Noun

plausibility (plural plausibilities)

1. The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
2. Anything plausible or specious.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of R. Browning to this entry?)

3. (obsolete) Something worthy of praise.

   Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. — E. Vaughan.

Translations

the quality of being plausible

• Manx: so-chredjallaght (gv) f
• Romanian: plauzibilitate (ro)

• Spanish: plausibilidad (es)

anything plausible or specious

something worthy of praise

• Romanian: plauzibilitate (ro) f

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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