believability
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3.7
- noun
- /bɪˌliːvəˈbɪləti/
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credibilidad
- The fundamental problem of any alliance between a patron and its ally concerns the believability of the promises of support.
So well done on the diversity, but not so good on the believability.
- So well done on the diversity, but not so good on the believability.
- So I've basically tried to punch through all the noise and say, is there actually something I can do which has some believability?
- It can feel like you are fighting against this believability factor.
- And as a result, the people hearing them may sort of hold on to the idea that this is a certain believability.
- We have ways of signing believability that we all agree are fair, that we each assess each other and we get certain amount of believability points.
Examples
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For instance, television news is judged partly based on the believability of the person delivering the information, meaning there were individual-level characteristics factoring into the message received.
Academic text (2016) -
The costumes, scenery, and dialogue work together to create a world with depth and believability.
Blog text (3) -
You have a medical problem, OK, Your own believability on the subject is low, right?
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As for your praise about the depth and believability of my characters, thank you.
Blog text (8) -
It was right on the edge of believability.
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Humans tend to be emotional, and making an emotional connection through video increases believability and credibility.
Blog text (34) -
Kassandra represents the believability factor: do voters trust Romney and what he says or promises?
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A novel of any genre (particularly speculative fiction, such as fantasy) relies on believability to go anywhere.
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The believability of the witness's story was crucial in convincing the jury.
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In fiction, character development greatly enhances the believability of the plot.
Synonyms
462
4.0
Trust from other people who believe what you say
27
7.6
Being honest and not telling lies
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3.8
A quality that shows someone or something is reliable and honest
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7.0
How likely something is to be true
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9.7
The appearance of being true or real
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8.3
The way something appears to be true even when it is not
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7.7
Ability to make others believe or accept an idea
The quality of being believable and trusted by others
How believable and trustworthy something is
How likely something seems to be true
How much you can rely on someone or something
Being someone or something you can trust to do what is needed
The quality of being able to be trusted
The ability to make someone believe something is true
How well something like a speech or ad makes people agree
Able to be defended or accepted as reasonable
The quality of an idea or argument that can be defended as reasonable
Antonyms
How Believable
Surface Forms
Morphology
believability = believable (transparent) = believe + able + ity
Formed from the adjective 'believable' (believe + -able) with the productive noun-forming suffix '-ity', so the structure and meaning are directly compositional.
Etymology
The word believability comes from the basic verb believe, which means 'to accept something as true', plus the ending -ability, which means 'can be'. So, believability is the quality that something 'can be believed' — how trustworthy or realistic it feels.