Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief.
- noun A capacity for belief.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The capability or condition of being credited or believed; that quality in a person or thing which renders him or it worthy of credence; credibleness; just claim to credit: as, the credibility of a witness; the credibility of a statement or a narrative.
- noun That which makes credible; evidence of truth; proof.
- noun Credence; credit; belief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being credible; credibleness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
reputation impacting one'sability to bebelieved - noun law Whether or not a
witness is beingtruthful .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Etymologies
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Examples
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Gucci's racy advertising several years ago sparked outrage from older magazine readers, though it helped give the label credibility among younger shoppers.
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Bill, your credibility is at stake if you don't win that State for BO .....
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Could it be that Gordon Brown has fiddled so many figures and double or treble announced so many increases in funding over the last 10 years that his credibility is at approximately zero.
Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008
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When you resort to calling me a “jackass” you are helping me find where your credibility is at.
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I am interested in your credibility, and to what level your credibility is at.
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Maybe your credibility is about sharing the good stuff.
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Adding to your credibility is the appearance that you do not seem to have any political party affiliations.
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On the amateur side are those individuals who hack for the thrill of it, seeking information on NASA and UFOs, for example, or to gain "credibility" with cyber gang members.
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Kroger's story that Beau's credibility is too damaged to hold up in court is just ridiculous - especially going up against that beacon of integrity Sam Adams.
Kroger indicts Adams, in court of public opinion (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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And it has certainly cost us credibility from the public because of conflicting recommendations.
ProWomanProLife » Oh look! Something else they’re not sure about… 2009
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