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ˈprobableness
[f. prec. + -ness.]
The quality or fact of being probable; probability, likelihood; plausibility.
c1449Pecock Repr. ii. i. 133 If a treuthe be knowun oonli bi probabilnes and likelihode, and not sureli. 1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 122 b, He seemeth to reason probably..but this probablenes is of vncleane fleshe, not of God. 1650Vind. Dr. Hammond's Addr. §12. 4 Nor shall I..fear the probablenesse of his unprov'd groundlesse supposition. 1951J. S. Bruner in Blake & Ramsey Perception v. 128 The higher the ‘probableness’ or likeness to English of our nonsense words, the less the amount of stimulus information (in terms of length of exposure) necessary for recognizing them correctly. |