Plausibility
[,plɔzə'bɪləti]
Definition
(n.) Something worthy of praise.
(n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness.
(n.) Anything plausible or specious.
Typed by Enid
Examples
- This explanation derives a certain plausibility from the circumstance that 8000 is the ancient number of the Spartan citizens (Herod. Plato. The Republic.
- The Christian tradition did not survive because of Aquinas or fall before the Higher Criticism, nor will it be revived because someone proves the scientific plausibility of its doctrine. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- All such theories have a kind of plausibility from their partial agreement with experience. Plato. The Republic.
Typist: Wesley