Definition of Plausibleness

1. Noun. Apparent validity.

Exact synonyms: Plausibility
Generic synonyms: Believability, Credibility, Credibleness
Specialized synonyms: Reasonableness, Tenability, Tenableness
Antonyms: Implausibility
Derivative terms: Plausible, Plausible

Definition of Plausibleness

1. n. Quality of being plausible.

Definition of Plausibleness

1. Noun. The state or quality of being plausible. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plausibleness

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Plausibleness

platysmata
platyspondylia
platystencephaly
plaud
plauded
plauding
plaudit
plaudite
plauditory
plaudits
plauds
plausibilities
plausibility
plausible
plausible deniability
plausibleness (current term)
plausiblenesses
plausibly
plausive
plaw
play'd
play-actor
play-box
play-by-play
play-by-play announcer
play-by-play announcers
play-off
play-offs
play Cupid

Literary usage of Plausibleness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"... is merely a reinforcement agent, then all theories of light-sensation (except, indeed, that of Ebbinghaus, which loses whatever plausibleness it may be ..."

2. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson (1887)
"The Court was again followed with another petition of fifty-four hands, and the Court return the petitioners an answer with much plausibleness of speech, ..."

3. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"Were it not for the plausibleness of this apology, it is to be presumed that there would be no such thing as crime in the world. ..."

4. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"It is not in- * " It might have been objected, with more plausibleness, that the Supreme Cause cannot be free, because he must needs do always what is best ..."

5. Psychological Review by American Psychological Association (1895)
"... is merely a reinforcement agent, then all theories of light-sensation (except, indeed, that of Ebbinghaus, which loses whatever plausibleness it may be ..."

6. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson (1887)
"The Court was again followed with another petition of fifty-four hands, and the Court return the petitioners an answer with much plausibleness of speech, ..."

7. Criminality and Economic Conditions by Willem Adriaan Bonger (1916)
"Were it not for the plausibleness of this apology, it is to be presumed that there would be no such thing as crime in the world. ..."

8. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"It is not in- * " It might have been objected, with more plausibleness, that the Supreme Cause cannot be free, because he must needs do always what is best ..."

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