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credulity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | trust, trustfulness, trustingness |
| Has types | overcredulity |
| Derivation | credulous |
Examples of credulity
credulity
The long-ago credulity of the good folk of Klagenfurt, Austria, is more amusing.
From the courier-journal.com
Stalin ran these concentration camps strikes as pushing the bounds of credulity.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Where credulity is greatest and thought is the least is the path to immortality.
From the world.time.com
Each story that comes tends to impose some strain on the credulity of the public.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
Conspiracy theories can be depressing in what they tell us about human credulity.
From the bloomberg.com
This reporter's credulity aside, this is where Burzynski makes two revelations.
From the scienceblogs.com
It strains credulity, but it's Tiger's World, and the rest of us just live in it.
From the washingtonpost.com
Some events however did stretch credulity, including one of the end sequences.
From the guardian.co.uk
She stretches credulity, though, when she blames Clinton for not wooing the press.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Tendency to believe readily
- (credulous) disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"
- (credulous) showing a lack of judgment or experience; "so credulous he believes everything he reads"
- Credulity is a state of willingness to believe in one or many people or things in the absence of reasonable proof or knowledge.
- (credulous) Excessively ready to believe things; gullible
- (Credulous) Inclined to believe especially, on sight evidence
- (Credulous) A person who readily believes whatever is told to him/her.
- (Credulous) a formula is entailed by a default theory if it is entailed by at least one of its extensions.
- (n.) readiness to believe (His credulity made him an easy target for con men.)
