IMPLAUSIBILITY Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

implausibility

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Definition of implausibility

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

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Noun

Meanwhile, Husted has accused Brown of hypocrisy, pointing to Brown's past support for data centers.

— Andrea Hsu, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026
As such, Gulliver’s Travels is nothing less than the foundational critique of the Enlightenment’s excesses, hypocrisies, and hidden tyrannies.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of hypocrisy

Noun

The investigation also found that men from 29 countries were recruited through deception or coercion to fight for Russian forces, in violation of international law.

— Edith M. Lederer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
But the movie’s most disturbing sequence takes the deception a lot further.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of deception

Noun

That these sort of games, with their duplicity, hypocrisies and teary moments of tenderness, are popular is beyond question, and that is certainly how viewers are invited to watch.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
David Sacks, former tech investor and White House AI and crypto czar, has an excellent counterpoint that could explain the apparent duplicity of Dario's manifesto.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of duplicity

Noun

Morad spearheads the kidnapping of Julie, who gives birth in a scene of gonzo fakery, with the militia men acting as obstetricians.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
But it’s all being delivered by the same chaotic social media feeds that increasingly blur fact and fakery.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fakery

Noun

Sondheim’s worst songs are dragged down by uplift, whose insincerity shines right through.

— Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
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

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

The smoothness of Knock Knock echoes through the rolling mid-tempo grooves of Stiltz’s unshowy arrangements, featuring drifting pedal steel from Theo Stocks and tasteful embellishments from Ana Roxanne on piano and vocals.

— Harry Thorfinn-George, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026
Manufacturers are switching to different materials, trading smoothness for safety.

— Margaret Hetherman, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of smoothness

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