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[syn: plausibility, plausibleness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Plausibility \Plau`si*bil"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. plausibilit['e].]
1. Something worthy of praise. [Obs.]
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Integrity, fidelity, and other gracious
plausibilities. --E. Vaughan.
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2. The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
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To give any plausibility to a scheme. --De Quincey.
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3. Anything plausible or specious. --R. Browning.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
plausibility
n 1: apparent validity [syn: plausibility, plausibleness]
[ant: implausibility, implausibleness]