How to say "credibility" in Japanese

• 信頼性しんらいせいCommon
  nounCredibility as trustworthiness: whether a source, person, system, or piece of information can be relied on. The natural choice for evaluating data, reports, witnesses, or equipment, with an objective, dependability-focused nuance.
  これらのすべての装置そうちは信頼性しんらいせいに欠かけている。↗

  All these devices are unreliable.
• 真実味しんじつみCommon
  nounCredibility as truthfulness: how much an account, statement, or story actually seems true. Used when judging whether a narrative or explanation rings true; an account lacking it sounds implausible or fabricated.
  彼かれの話はなしにはいくらか真実味しんじつみがある。↗

  His story has some color of truth in it.

Use 信頼性 for credibility as trustworthiness or reliability of a source, person, system, or data, and 真実味 for credibility as the quality of a story or claim actually seeming true.

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• 信頼性しんらいせいcredibility
• 真実味しんじつみtruthfulness
• 信用性しんようせいcredibility
• クレディビリティーcredibility
• 証明力しょうめいりょくcredibility
• 信憑性しんぴょうせいauthenticity
• 信頼度しんらいどdependability
• 真実性しんじつせいfidelity