Definitions for plausibility
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plausibility, plausiblenessnoun

   apparent validity

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1. plausibilitynoun

   The quality of being plausible; speciousness.

2. plausibilitynoun

   Something worthy of praise.

   Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities. uE000230686uE001 E. Vaughan.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plausibilitynoun

   Speciousness; superficial appearance of right.

   Etymology: plausibilité, Fr. from plausible.

   Two pamphlets, called the management of the war, are written with some plausibility, much artifice and direct falsehoods. Jonathan Swift.

   The last excuse for the slow steps made in disarming the adversaries of the crown, was allowed indeed to have more plausibility, but less truth, than any of the former. Jonathan Swift.

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1. plausibility

   In sociology and especially the sociological study of religion, plausibility structures are the sociocultural contexts for systems of meaning within which these meanings make sense, or are made plausible. Beliefs and meanings held by individuals and groups are supported by, and embedded in, sociocultural institutions and processes.

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1. plausibility

   Plausibility refers to the quality of being seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible. It is a degree of probability where something is likely to be true or believable.

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1. Plausibilitynoun

   something worthy of praise

2. Plausibilitynoun

   the quality of being plausible; speciousness

3. Plausibilitynoun

   anything plausible or specious

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. plausibilit.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plausibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plausibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of plausibility in a Sentence

1. David Asher:

   At the State Department in the last months of the last administration we didn’t draw or assert any conclusions, but we worked successfully to reveal certain facts and raise significant questions about the clear plausibility of a lab leak origin, this was a global public service, and it is good that experts and journalists are increasingly turning their own attention to the issue, albeit belatedly.

2. Hazlitt:

   A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.

3. The FDA:

   Given the temporal association and biological plausibility, FDA agrees with the assessments of the investigators that these events were possibly related to study vaccine. … Therefore, [Guillain-Barre] is being considered an important potential risk.

4. Ian Storey:

   If you beef up security for oil and gas assets, you are protecting yourself from non-state and state actors so there is some plausibility to what he's saying, but is it really being driven by Daesh? I don't think so.

5. David Asher:

   At the State Department in the last months of the last administration we did n’t draw or assert any conclusions, but we worked successfully to reveal certain facts and raise significant questions about the clear plausibility of a lab leak origin, this was a global public service, and it is good that experts and journalists are increasingly turning their own attention to the issue, albeit belatedly.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plausibility
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plausibility
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plausibility
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plausibility
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plausibility