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credulity
[kruh-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-]
noun
willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
credulity
/ ɪˈːɪɪ /
noun
disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility
Other 51Թ Forms
- overcredulity noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of credulity1
Example Sentences
Frost, a founding partner of Frost LLP, called the allegations “vile” and “false” and said “numerous aspects of the complaint ... defy credulity.”
One former England coach previously suggested to me that Australia were genetically superior, a statement that would perhaps test the credulity of most evolutionary scientists.
For some residents, though, that has stretched credulity.
She had testified as an expert for Franklin’s defense team, and said she found the courtroom “awash in credulity” about “the mythic powers of repression.”
What happens in “Dido of Idaho” sometimes strains credulity.
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