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Webster 1913 Edition
Plausibility
Plauˊsi-bil′i-ty
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
plausibilité
.] 1.
Something worthy of praise.
[Obs.]
Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious
plausibilities
. E. Vaughan.
2.
The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
To give any
plausibility
to a scheme. De Quincey.
3.
Anything plausible or specious.
R. Browning.
Webster 1828 Edition
Plausibility
PLAUSIBIL'ITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
plausibility
plausibility
English
Noun
plausibility (plural plausibilities)
- The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
- Anything plausible or specious.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of R. Browning to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Something worthy of praise.
- Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. — E. Vaughan.
Translations
the quality of being plausible
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anything plausible or specious
something worthy of praise
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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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