credulity

Noun

Meaning

Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

humbug stock faith store credit hope trust reception confidence simplicity dependence certainty reliance innocence assurance
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Antonyms

bluff apostasy chicane condition conflict argument
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Hypernyms

trust trustfulness trustingness

Hyponyms

overcredulity

Examples

He deplores people's credulity: "Brought up in habits of superstition," he wrote, "people in general know not how much wickedness there is in this pretended word of God." Source: Internet

His have a tendency to show him thick as a brick, stretching credulity like taffy. Source: Internet

"One day when lecturing at Lille, I told my audience that I had just had an apparition of Nautilus, the most daring affront on human credulity I had so far risked. Source: Internet

The article formed the foundation for his 1922 book The Coming of the Fairies.sfn As before, the photographs were received with mixed credulity. Source: Internet

Perhaps it is the cultural differences or maybe it is simply listening to the glorified "Nobu style," but this audiobook in the end strains the listener's credulity. Source: Internet

In a set-up that stretched my credulity to the limit, Celeste and Cora innocently end up naked in the same bed. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

credobaptist credophile credulitiveness credulosity credulous credulously