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credibility

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cred·i·bil·i·ty  (krd-bl-t)
n.
1. The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief: "America's credibility must not be squandered, especially by its leaders" (Henry A. Kissinger).
2. A capacity for belief: a story that strained our credibility.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.credibility - the quality of being believable or trustworthy
believability, credibleness
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
authenticity, genuineness, legitimacy - undisputed credibility
rigour, validity, cogency, rigor - the quality of being valid and rigorous
plausibility, plausibleness - apparent validity
cred, street cred, street credibility - credibility among young fashionable urban individuals
incredibility, incredibleness - the quality of being incredible
credibility
noun believability, reliability, plausibility, trustworthiness, tenability
Translations
credibility [krɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → credibilidad f
credibility [krɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → crédibilité f
credibility [krɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → Glaubwürdigkeit f
credibility [krɛdɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → credibilità


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Odell and four of his neighbors, men of credibility, were sitting in the store smoking and talking.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Within these few restrictions, I think, every writer may be permitted to deal as much in the wonderful as he pleases; nay, if he thus keeps within the rules of credibility, the more he can surprize the reader the more he will engage his attention, and the more he will charm him.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Oftener, however, its credibility rested on the faith of some lonely eye-witness, who beheld the wonder through the coloured, magnifying, and distorted medium of his imagination, and shaped it more distinctly in his after-thought.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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