Meanings
plural explainabilities
- uncountableusuallyThe state of being explainable.
1 more example
“There’s this whole area of explainability, interpretability, where people want to understand how stuff works,” said Church. “With the older methods, you can actually get an answer to what’s going on. The latest, greatest stuff is kind of like magic. It works a lot better than the older stuff. But when it goes, it’s really bad.”
2025 November 1, Aisha Down, quoting Kenneth Church, “Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?”, in The Guardian, →ISSNSynonyms: explicability
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being explainable.
Origin
Cite this entry
explainability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explainability
“explainability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/explainability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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