noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being deniable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deniability
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˌnaɪ(j)əˈbɪlɪti/
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 N AY2 AH0 B IH1 L IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The extent to which something is deniable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English deny Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English deniability From deny + -ability.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kiistettävyys — condition
- Georgian: უარყოფადობა (uarq̇opadoba) — condition
- German: Abstreitbarkeit — condition
- German: Bestreitbarkeit — condition
- Polish: zaprzeczalność — condition
- Russian: отрицаемость (otricajemostʹ) — condition
- Welsh: gwadadwyedd — condition
- Finnish: kiistettävyys — extent
- German: Abstreitbarkeit — extent
- Welsh: gwadadwyedd — extent