Credibility
21credibility — Synonyms and related words: absolute credibility, acceptability, believability, believableness, conceivability, credit, plausibility, reliability, tenability, trustworthiness, truth, truth loving, truth speaking, truth telling, truthfulness,… …
22credibility — noun 1》 the quality of being credible. 2》 (also street credibility) acceptability among fashionable young urban people …
23credibility — [ˌkredəˈbɪləti] noun [U] qualities that someone or something has that make people believe them or trust them The government is losing credibility by its failure to act quickly.[/ex] …
24credibility — /krɛdəˈbɪləti/ (say kreduh biluhtee) noun 1. the quality or state of being credible. 2. the capacity to believe: it strains your credibility …
25credibility — n. 1 the condition of being credible or believable. 2 reputation, status. Phrases and idioms: credibility gap an apparent difference between what is said and what is true …
26Credibility theory — is a branch of actuarial science. It was developed originally as a method to calculate the risk premium by combining the individual risk experience with the class risk experience. When an insurance company calculates the premium it will charge,… …
27credibility gap — ☆ credibility gap n. 1. an apparent disparity between what is said and the actual facts 2. the inability to have one s statements accepted as factual or one s professed motives accepted as the true ones …
28Credibility gap — Alternate use: The Credibility Gap, name of a comedy team Credibility gap is a political term that came into wide use during the 1960s and 1970s. At the time, it was most frequently used to describe public skepticism about the Lyndon B. Johnson… …
29credibility gap — noun 1. a. : lack of trust a special credibility gap is likely to open between the generations Kenneth Keniston b. : lack of believability a credibility gap created by contradictory official statements Samuel Ellenport 2. : dis …
30credibility gap — noun Date: 1966 1. a. lack of trust < a credibility gap between generations > b. lack of believability < a credibility gap created by contradictory official statements Samuel Ellenport > 2. discrepancy …
