believablenessn.

Brit.

/bᵻˈliːvəblnəs/, U.S.

/bəˈlivəb(ə)lnəs/,

/biˈlivəb(ə)lnəs/

Forms: see believable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: believable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < believable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier credibility n.

= believability n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [noun]

credencec1450

credit1552

credibilitya1572

credibleness1595

creditableness1660

believablenessa1680

creditability1808

faithworthiness1828

tenability1845

tenableness1849

believability1865

cred1982

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 88 The Credibility and Believeableness (as I call it) of those Promises.

a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 90 Gives a Subsistence to the Object of Faith, that doth put it into..a Being of Believableness.

1697 J. Norris Acct. Reason & Faith iv. 138 We may as well argue backwards from the Believableness of things above Reason to their not Contrariety, as forwards from their not Contrariety to their Believableness.

1819 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 213 Poor Jung is Guaranté general for the believableness of all Unbelievable Things..—he scorns ought below Cock-surety!

1856 J. MacNaught Doctr. Inspiration i. ii. 35 A single mistake destroys all claim to infallibility, though it is far from affecting the credibility or believableness of the document in which it occurs.

1877 H. H. Dobney Lett. to Perplexed (1878) xiii. 144 All that is deepest and most authoritative recognises the thorough believableness of the resurrection from the dead of such a one as Christ Jesus our Lord.

1909 R. Burton Masters of Eng. Novel xiii. 306 It is the believableness of Stevenson's atmospheres that prepare the reader for any marvels enacted in them.

1956 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/3 Mrs Tieslau gave a feeling of absolute believableness to this part of an overwrought hysterical, lonely woman searching for an escape.

1998 Christian Sci. Monitor (Boston, Mass.) (Nexis) 1 June 8 These children are not sentimentalized, and his stylistic directness..enhanced their believableness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	believableness
释义	believablenessn. Brit. /bᵻˈliːvəblnəs/, U.S. /bəˈlivəb(ə)lnəs/, /biˈlivəb(ə)lnəs/ Forms: see believable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: believable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < believable adj. + -ness suffix. Compare earlier credibility n. = believability n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > credibility > [noun] credencec1450 credit1552 credibilitya1572 credibleness1595 creditableness1660 believablenessa1680 creditability1808 faithworthiness1828 tenability1845 tenableness1849 believability1865 cred1982 a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 88 The Credibility and Believeableness (as I call it) of those Promises. a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 90 Gives a Subsistence to the Object of Faith, that doth put it into..a Being of Believableness. 1697 J. Norris Acct. Reason & Faith iv. 138 We may as well argue backwards from the Believableness of things above Reason to their not Contrariety, as forwards from their not Contrariety to their Believableness. 1819 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia (1992) III. 213 Poor Jung is Guaranté general for the believableness of all Unbelievable Things..—he scorns ought below Cock-surety! 1856 J. MacNaught Doctr. Inspiration i. ii. 35 A single mistake destroys all claim to infallibility, though it is far from affecting the credibility or believableness of the document in which it occurs. 1877 H. H. Dobney Lett. to Perplexed (1878) xiii. 144 All that is deepest and most authoritative recognises the thorough believableness of the resurrection from the dead of such a one as Christ Jesus our Lord. 1909 R. Burton Masters of Eng. Novel xiii. 306 It is the believableness of Stevenson's atmospheres that prepare the reader for any marvels enacted in them. 1956 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 17 Apr. 11/3 Mrs Tieslau gave a feeling of absolute believableness to this part of an overwrought hysterical, lonely woman searching for an escape. 1998 Christian Sci. Monitor (Boston, Mass.) (Nexis) 1 June 8 These children are not sentimentalized, and his stylistic directness..enhanced their believableness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1680
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