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Credibility

The degree to which a claim should be relied upon or believed.

 

 

Credible

Deserving of or giving the strong impression of meriting one’s belief.

 

Cf.

Credulity

A disposition to believe too readily or on the basis of insufficient, sketchy, or flimsy evidence.

 

(see also: plausibility)

 

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