n.

1. The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief: “America's credibility must not be squandered, especially by its leaders” (Henry A. Kissinger).
2. A capacity for belief: a story that strained our credibility.

Degree to which a communicator or communication is believed by the recipient. Credibility is particularly important when the message to be conveyed varies substantially from the recipient's current beliefs or attitudes. The credibility of such a message will be increased if delivered by a communicator who is expert, trustworthy, and appealing. A message may be credible if only two of the three criteria for the communicator are met, provided the two criteria hold dominance in that context. For example, many voters will take political advice from a celebrity who is considered trustworthy and appealing despite the celebrity's lack of political expertise, but they would probably not take medical advice from that celebrity.

noun

Appearance of truth or authenticity: believability, color, credibleness, creditability, creditableness, plausibility, plausibleness, verisimilitude. See likely/unlikely.

n

Definition: believableness
Antonyms: implausibility, improbability, unreasonableness

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Believability. The major legal application of the term credibility relates to the testimony of a witness or party during a trial. Testimony must be both competent and credible if it is to be accepted by the trier of fact as proof of an issue being litigated.

The credibility of a witness or party is based upon the ability of the jury to trust and believe what he or she says, and relates to the accuracy of his or her testimony as well as to its logic, truthfulness, and sincerity. Personal credibility depends upon the qualities of a person that would lead a jury to believe or disbelieve what the person said.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - troværdighed, omdømme, status

idioms:

• credibility gap    troværdighedskløft

Nederlands (Dutch)
geloofwaardigheid

Français (French)
n. - crédibilité

idioms:

• credibility gap    manque de crédibilité, scepticisme envers (un gouvernement, etc)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Glaubwürdigkeit

idioms:

• credibility gap    Mangel an Glaubwürdigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αξιοπιστία, (καθομ.) αληθοφάνεια ή πειστικότητα στοιχείων αντιπαράθεσης

idioms:

• credibility gap    έλλειψη αξιοπιστίας λόγω προφανούς διαφοράς μεταξύ λόγων και έργων

Italiano (Italian)
credibilità

idioms:

• credibility gap    problema di credibilità

Português (Portuguese)
n. - credibilidade (f)

idioms:

• credibility gap    falta (f) de credibilidade

Русский (Russian)
доверчивость

idioms:

• credibility gap    явная ложь

Español (Spanish)
n. - credibilidad, verosimilitud

idioms:

• credibility gap    margen de credibilidad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trovärdighet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
可信用, 可靠, 确实性

idioms:

• credibility gap    信用差距, 缺乏可信性

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 可信用, 可靠, 確實性

idioms:

• credibility gap    信用差距, 缺乏可信性

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 진실성, 위신

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 信じうること, 信用, 信頼性

idioms:

• credibility gap    言行不一致, 不信感

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مصداقيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אמינות, אמון‬

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