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credulity

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cre·du·li·ty  (kr-dl-t, -dy-)
n.
A disposition to believe too readily.
[Middle English credulite, from Old French, from Latin crdulits, from crdulus, credulous; see credulous.]
credulity [krɪˈdjuːlɪtɪ]
n
disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.credulity - tendency to believe readily
trustfulness, trustingness, trust - the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others; "the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity"
overcredulity - too much credulity
credulity
noun gullibility, naïveté or naivety, blind faith, credulousness The plot stretches credulity to the limits.
Translations
credulity [krɪˈdjuːlɪtɪ] N → credulidad f
credulity [krɪˈdjuːlɪti] n → crédulité f
credulity
n no pl → Leichtgläubigkeit f
credulity [krɪˈdjuːlɪtɪ] n → credulità
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If we wish to know to what daring lengths cunning can go, to what pitiable self-delusion credulity can consent, we must watch the proceedings--even while we shrink from them--of a Mercy Merrick and a Julian Gray.
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We shall therefore very minutely lay open those previous matters by which it was produced; and for that purpose we shall be obliged to reveal all the secrets of a little family with which my reader is at present entirely unacquainted; and of which the oeconomy was so rare and extraordinary, that I fear it will shock the utmost credulity of many married persons.
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I am equally confounded at HER impudence and HIS credulity.
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