plausibility

noun

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

   “integrity, fidelity, and other gracious plausibilities”

2. (archaic, countable, uncountable)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.”

3. (countable, uncountable)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!”

4. (countable, uncountable)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).”