plausibilities
Degrees of believability
Plausibilities are things that seem reasonable or believable, or the quality of seeming so.
The word appears most often in contexts weighing competing explanations: We considered the plausibilities of various scenarios.
Someone might dismiss an argument by questioning its plausibilities—the points where it strains credibility.
Proposed explanations to test
- suppositionsUnverified beliefs or guesses
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- postulationsAssertions taken as premises
- inferencesConclusions drawn from evidence
theories · propositions · premises · speculations · surmises · guesses · conjectures · extrapolations
Quantified chances of events
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- credibilitiesQualities of being believable
- believabilitiesDegrees of seeming true
feasibilities · prospects · expectations · possibilities · potentialities · reasonableness · viabilities · sustainabilities
Feelings of uncertainty
- ambiguitiesMultiple possible meanings
- unpredictabilitiesQualities resisting accurate forecasting
- contingenciesPossible future events
- improbabilitiesThings unlikely to happen
dubiousness · uncertainties · skepticism · reservations · qualifications · caveats · provisos · conditions
Final results achieved
- eventualitiesPotential future occurrences
- alternativesOther available options
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- situationsSets of conditions
circumstances · cases · contingencies · developments · possibilities · prospects · projections · what-ifs
hypotheses
Proposed explanations to test
- suppositionsUnverified beliefs or guesses
- assumptionsUnproven things taken as true
- postulationsAssertions taken as premises
inferences · theories · propositions · premises · speculations · surmises · guesses · conjectures · extrapolations · deductions
probabilities
Quantified chances of events
- chancesProbabilities of occurrence
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- credibilitiesQualities of being believable
believabilities · feasibilities · prospects · expectations · possibilities · potentialities · reasonableness · viabilities · sustainabilities
doubts
Feelings of uncertainty
- ambiguitiesMultiple possible meanings
- unpredictabilitiesQualities resisting accurate forecasting
- contingenciesPossible future events
improbabilities · dubiousness · uncertainties · skepticism · reservations · qualifications · caveats · provisos · conditions
outcomes
Final results achieved
- eventualitiesPotential future occurrences
- alternativesOther available options
- optionsAvailable courses of action
situations · circumstances · cases · contingencies · developments · possibilities · prospects · projections · what-ifs · counterfactuals
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Things unlikely to be true
absurdities · impossibilities · improbabilities · unlikelihoods · preposterousness
plausibilitiescertainties
Assured truths
certitudes · impossibilities · actualities · facts · proofs
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