credibility
[kred-uh-bil-i-tee]
- the quality of being believable or worthy of trust: After all those lies, his credibility was at a low ebb.
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Sometimes cred·i·ble·ness.
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prospectvaliditychancereliabilitysoundnessintegritytrustworthinesssolidityprobabilityplausibilitypossibilitybelievabilitylikelihoodsolidnesstenabilityExamples from the Web for credibility
Contemporary Examples
The investigation is now in its tenth year, and has yet to regain its credibility.
Digital Doublethink: Playing Truth or Dare with Putin, Assad and ISISChristopher Dickey, Anna Nemtsova
November 16, 2014
“Somehow in regaining our credibility we went from second to fourth place,” Will says.
‘Newsroom’ Premiere: Aaron Sorkin Puts CNN on Blast Over the Boston BombingKevin Fallon
November 10, 2014
The more recent attacks add to the credibility of the victims at Liberty and Christopher Newport who made allegations.
But when the pageant itself starts to poke fun at the contestants, organizers should expect that they will lose all credibility.
And it raises questions about the credibility of Kim Dotcom; of his allegations; and he has been deemed not credible.
Greenwald, Assange, and Snowden Join Forces with Kim Dotcom in New Zealand ElectionLennox Samuels
September 17, 2014
Historical Examples
The art and practice of selling one's credibility for future delivery.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
But there is one point about the book that deserves some considering, its credibility as autobiography.
LavengroGeorge Borrow
Is not all this in favor of the credibility of the Old Testament?
Museum of AntiquityL. W. Yaggy
Who can say, and prove, that this is not evidential of the truth and credibility of the New Testament?
Museum of AntiquityL. W. Yaggy
The chief question for the jury was as to the credibility of the witnesses.
EliHeman White Chaplin
credibility
- the quality of being believed or trusted
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Word Origin and History for credibility
n.
1590s, from Medieval Latin credibilitas, from Latin credibilis (see credible). Credibility gap is 1966, American English, in reference to official statements about the Vietnam War.
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