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criterion of embarrassment

criterion of embarrassment noun: an academic criterion of historical authenticity, by which an account is deemed likely to be true under the inference that the author would have no reason to invent a historical account which might embarrass them.

Noun

criterion of embarrassment

  1. An academic criterion of historical authenticity, by which an account is deemed likely to be true under the inference that the author would have no reason to invent a historical account which might embarrass them.

Questions about criterion of embarrassment

What does criterion of embarrassment mean?
Criterion of embarrassment means an academic criterion of historical authenticity, by which an account is deemed likely to be true under the inference that the author would have no reason to invent a historical account which might embarrass them.
What part of speech is criterion of embarrassment?
Criterion of embarrassment is a noun.

Words near criterion of embarrassment in the dictionary

  1. criteriologic
  2. criteriological
  3. criteriologically
  4. criteriology
  5. criterion
  6. criterion of embarrassment
  7. criterion of verifiability
  8. criterion of verification
  9. criterional
  10. criterionless
  11. criterionlessness

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