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.

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Meanings

noun
  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.
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