Dictionary 1. (n.) Something worthy of praise.2. (n.) The quality of being plausible; speciousness. 3. (n.) Anything plausible or specious. Thesaurus acceptability admissibility apparent soundness believability believableness casuistry circularity color common sense conceivability credibility credit disingenuousness distortion equivocalness equivocation evasive reasoning fallaciousness fallacy insincerity jesuitism jesuitry justifiability justness logic logicality logicalness misapplication mystification obfuscation obscurantism oversubtlety perversion philosophism plausibleness rationality rationalization reason reasonability reasonableness reliability sense sensibleness sophism sophistical reasoning sophistication sophistry sound sense soundness special pleading speciosity specious reasoning speciousness subtlety sweet reason tenability trustworthiness vicious circle vicious reasoning |