English Dictionary

plausibility

名詞

可算名詞 廃用 不可算名詞 古語 より好意的語義

(obsolete) The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise. / (now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.

日本語の意味

（古語）賞賛に値する性質、褒めるにふさわしい状態 / （現代では稀）真実性を装いながら、実際は欺瞞的な外観、見かけ上の真実味

Her plausibility earned her a standing ovation.

彼女の称賛に値する行動は、観客から総立ちの拍手を受けた。

意味（1）

(obsolete) The quality of deserving applause, praiseworthiness; something worthy of praise.

integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities

意味（2）

(now rare) The appearance of truth, especially when deceptive; speciousness.

Plausibility, I know, can only be unmasked by shewing the absurdities it glosses over, and the simple truths it involves with specious errors.

意味（3）

A plausible statement, argument etc.

She too must shimmer through the gloom o' the grave, / Come and confront me— […] / Striking me dumb, and helping her to speak, / Tell her own story her own way, and turn / My plausibility to nothingness!

意味（4）

(now in more positive sense) The fact of being believable; believability, credibility.

The question of the plausibility of the counter-factual is seen as key in all three discussions of allohistorical fiction (as it is in Demandt's and Ferguson's examinations of allohistory) (cf. Rodiek 25–26; Ritter 15–16; Helbig 32).

plausibilities （ plural ）