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opposed to ardent desires; without being incredulous, they act as if they
believed nothing. — Superstition In All Ages (1732) Common Sense;
• (implausible)- not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or
credibility; The lower this limit relative to the galaxy age, the
more implausible is the cluster hypothesis, thus arguing for a point mass. —
CiteULike: Everyone's library;
• (plausible)- having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of
approval or acceptance; credible; believable, (
); False logic seem plausible, and even outright lies repeated
enough begin to sound like the truth;
apocryphal : doubtful ~ tentative = provisional = dubious = dubitable
• (apocryphal)- of doubtful authorship or authenticity,(
, , );
Nothing helped Lincoln's popularity more than the story--apocryphal or no-of
his taking the vote of his Cabinet on a proposition of his own and then
remarking: "Ayes one; Noes six—A History of the United States;
• (tentative)- of the nature of or made or done as a trial, experiment, or
attempt; experimental, ( ); The school choice you indicate on the
Scholarship Application Form may be tentative, and you may choose another
school at any time;
• (provisional)- accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional; probationary,
( ; ; ); The banishment of the wicked to Tartarus
is provisional, a preparation for their return to incarnate life. — The Destiny of
the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life;
• (dubious)- doubtful; marked by or occasioning doubt, ( , );
And if the next county is dubious, a remote county is untrustworthy. — The
English Constitution;
• (dubitable)- subject to doubt or question; uncertain; Here are no heights of
truth over - looking the confused landscape of that dubitable domain. — Can
Such Things Be;
pantheism : materialism : existentialism : fatalism : masochism : sadism^
sadomasochism : pacifism : hedonist : sensualist : voluptuary = sybarite
• (pantheism)- a doctrine identifying the Deity with the universe and its
phenomena, ( ; ); Her passionate pantheism was
not derived; it was established in her own soul. — The Three Brontes;
• (materialism)- preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects,
comforts, and considerations, with a disinterest in or rejection of spiritual,
intellectual, or cultural values, ( ; ); Recognition of the external