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credulous

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1. credulous - Adjective

2. credulous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous Source: Internet

so credulous he believes everything he reads Source: Internet

K. Paul, Trench, Trübner. pp. 8-9 Trevor H. Hall an ex-member of the Society for Psychical Research criticized SPR members as "credulous and obsessive wish.. Source: Internet

Drake counters: With such deft strokes, Gibbon enters into a conspiracy with his readers: unlike the credulous masses, he and we are cosmopolitans who know the uses of religion as an instrument of social control. Source: Internet

It’s certainly true that at times Sanders has been embarrassingly credulous about communist regimes. Source: Internet

Even without carrying out (so far) such draconian threats as revoking network-television licenses, he has fully discredited the legitimate news media in the eyes of his base and no doubt other credulous Americans as well. Source: Internet

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