implausibility

noun

Definition of implausibilitynext
as in incredibility

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Recent Examples of implausibility The story teeters on implausibility in turn after turn. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 June 2026 Some might contend that this seeming implausibility is very much to the film’s point, insofar as many shooters’ identities have taken their communities by surprise. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026 The implausibility of it all was part of the exhilaration, to be sure. — Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026 These choices add more implausibility to a script already leaden with it. — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 15 Dec. 2025 Remarkably, Madoff’s investors accepted these reports for years, despite the implausibility of the returns. — Erik Lie, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implausibility
  1. hypocrisy
  2. deception
  3. duplicity
  4. fakery
  5. insincerity
  6. insidiousness
  7. double-dealing
  8. smoothness
Noun
  • These poems used images from ordinary life to warn against greed, religious hypocrisy and an excessive attachment to worldly possessions.
    — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
  • No interest in the contradictions, the hypocrisy, the inappropriate media friendships, the dishonesty about lockdowns, the lab leak, or masks.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of hypocrisy
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  • Recent history suggests that the only effective counter to such meddling is a public statement alerting voters to the deception, by some credibly neutral, nonpartisan authority.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Peter trying to have a normal holiday while grieving Tony, Mysterio’s deception, and the post-credits scene that blows Peter’s life apart — all of it feeds into where the new film finds him.
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of deception
Noun
  • This latest act of duplicity is a new low, even for the HFPA.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
  • The detective-heroines (and especially the actress-detectives) in this canon are careful about how performance might be extended to social duplicity, dishonesty, and fraud—but the lady criminals of Victorian detective fiction cross this line easily.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Definition of duplicity
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  • That’s the deficiency side of integrity—where authenticity gives way to fakery, consistency erodes into unpredictability, and transparency slips into manipulation…But swing too far in the other direction, and the skyscraper becomes overly rigid—too stiff to sway with the wind.
    — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The green-screen effects are knowing in their outright fakery; the nerdiness of the whole enterprise is lampshaded with a whole setpiece in a comic-book store.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 June 2026
Definition of fakery
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  • It was made that much worse when several cast members laughed at her insincerity and Maddi Reese interrupted it several times because there was a stray cat nearby that terrified her.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 May 2026
  • Allen’s combo of flip insincerity and kindly concern is a terrific treat, recalling Bill Murray at his doofy best.
    — Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Definition of insincerity
Noun
  • Thankfully, Leviticus has a good grasp on how to leverage this conceit for scares and to score points about the insidiousness of mistaking hatred for salvation.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Without ever using the words, this House of the Dragon season evokes all-too-real fears about police funding, abridgment of freedom of speech and the insidiousness of theocratic rule.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026
Definition of insidiousness
Noun
  • For some of King’s followers, her double-dealing also is difficult to let go.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
  • But that rhetoric sounded hollow in the face of its dalliance with a drug-smuggling double-dealing despot like Noriega.
    — Time, Time, 25 Nov. 2025
Definition of double-dealing
Noun
  • Its particular appeal lies in the combination of effortless power, exceptional smoothness and a very distinctive level of refinement.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Golden has first-round NFL draft capital, with terrific speed and the smoothness to match.
    — Jake Ciely, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of smoothness

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