Definitions for credibility
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. credibility, credibleness, believabilitynoun

   the quality of being believable or trustworthy

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. credibilitynoun

   reputation impacting one's ability to be believed

   After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.

2. credibilitynoun

   Whether or not a witness is being truthful.

   The primary measure of credibility is whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

3. Etymology: From the French crédibilité

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

1. Credibilitynoun

   Claim to credit; possibility of obtaining belief; probability.

   Etymology: from credible.

   The first of those opinions I shall shew to be altogether incredible, and the latter to have all the credibility and evidence of which a thing of that nature is capable. John Tillotson, Serm. i.

   Calculate the several degrees of credibility and conviction, by which the one evidence surpasseth the other. Francis Atterbury.

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1. Credibility

   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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Credibilitynoun

   the quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. crdibilit.]

FreebaseRate this definition:4.8 / 4 votes

1. Credibility

   Credibility refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message. Traditionally, modern, 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. Secondary components of credibility include source dynamism 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. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of credibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

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   The numerical value of credibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of credibility in a Sentence

1. Mona Charen:

   How can conservative women hope to have any credibility on the subject of sexual harassment or relations between the sexes when they excuse the behavior of President Trump? and how can we participate in any conversation about sexual ethics when the Republican President and the Republican Party backed a man (Roy Moore) credibly accused of child molestation for the United States Senate?

2. Michael Kirby:

   It's a very small part of a very long story. And it really doesn't affect the credibility of the testimony.

3. Adam Schiff:

   If we don't confront him on this, you can expect he's going to make other equally false claims in the future and this is not only hurting him but it's hurting the presidency, it's hurting our credibility around the world.

4. Chris Fleming:

   People came out and staked a claim early on what happened, like the theory that MH370 had been shot down during war games, to retract that is an enormous blow to their credibility and professional career.

5. Mark Warner:

   It strains any credibility that somehow the leadership of the Saudi regime, which is so authoritarian, wouldn't have knowledge of these actions.

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