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Meanings of plausibility in English

Catalan
plausibilitat
Spanish
verosimilitud

Apparent validity.

plausibilitat
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Examples for "plausibleness"
Examples for "plausibleness"
1
There was a certain plausibleness in this reasoning which curbed Courtenay's wrath, though it in no way diminished the disgust which filled his soul.
The Captain of the Kansas
2
Plausibleness and actual advantages of Papal supremacy.
A Key to the Knowledge of Church History (Ancient)
Usage of plausibility in English
1
In the writer's opinion that answer has lost nothing of its plausibility.
The new yorker
2
In my normal fashion, I started thinking about the plausibility of this.
Wired
3
But it is more a case of timing rather than plausibility anyway.
The Guardian
4
The plausibility of bad art is doubtless contemptible and may be harmful.
Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship
5
The theory of despair has no greater plausibility than that of faith.
The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
6
That explanation had a sort of plausibility about it for Anthony March.
Mary Wollaston
7
As Unhinged continues, its ingenuity occasionally gets in the way of plausibility.
Radio NZ
8
It is merely a mistake, then, that gives plausibility to the objection.
The Poetics of Aristotle
9
The charge had a surface plausibility, because of the two athletes' records.
The new yorker
10
The music itself does not sustain these intrusions with anything approaching plausibility.
The Irish Times
11
PROOF, n. Evidence having a shade more of plausibility than of unlikelihood.
The Devil's Dictionary
12
Apart from their obvious plausibility, they brought with them many startling suggestions.
A Maker of History
13
Who could hear this story without admitting the plausibility of its details?
The Whirlpool
14
There are, however, some beats missing in Estes' script and some plausibility issues.
Reuters
15
He had learned of late to rule out nothing on grounds of plausibility.
Bedlam
16
Mr Hague calls it a common-sense approach, and it has a certain plausibility.
The Irish Times
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Plausibility through the time
Plausibility across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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