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Definitions for believability
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. credibility, credibleness, believabilitynoun

    the quality of being believable or trustworthy

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  1. believabilitynoun

    The state or quality of being believable.

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  1. believability

    Credibility comprises the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Credibility dates back to Aristotle theory of Rhetoric. Aristotle defines rhetoric as the ability to see what is possibly persuasive in every situation. He divided the means of persuasion into three categories, namely Ethos (the source's credibility), Pathos (the emotional or motivational appeals), and Logos (the logic used to support a claim), which he believed have the capacity to influence the receiver of a message. According to Aristotle, the term "Ethos" deals with the character of the speaker. The intent of the speaker is to appear credible. In fact, the speaker's ethos is a rhetorical strategy employed by an orator whose purpose is to "inspire trust in his audience." Credibility has two key components: trustworthiness and expertise, which both have objective and subjective components. Trustworthiness is based more on subjective factors, but can include objective measurements such as established reliability. Expertise can be similarly subjectively perceived, but also includes relatively objective characteristics of the source or message (e.g., credentials, certification or information quality). Secondary components of credibility include source dynamism (charisma) and physical attractiveness. Credibility online has become an important topic since the mid-1990s. This is because the web has increasingly become an information resource. The Credibility and Digital Media Project @ UCSB highlights recent and ongoing work in this area, including recent consideration of digital media, youth, and credibility. In addition, the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University has studied web credibility and proposed the principal components of online credibility and a general theory called Prominence-Interpretation Theory.

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  1. believability

    Believability refers to the quality or level of being probable, credible, or capable of gaining acceptance or trust as truth or reality. It pertains to the ability of something or someone to be believed, based on the consistency, coherence, and reliability of their traits, actions, or information they present.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of believability in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of believability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of believability in a Sentence

  1. Police Chief Richard Biehl:

    It seems to just defy believability he would shoot his own sister, but its also hard to believe that he didnt recognize it was his sister, so we just dont know.

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