Meanings
- uncountableThe characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity
Credulousness is always more harshly judged than incredulousness, though they are both merely different aspects of the same fundamental failing, namely, lack of true scepticism.
1911 Oct, Ernest Jones, “The Psychopathology of Everyday Life”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 22, number 4, pages 525–6Synonyms: credulosity, credulity, gullibility
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity
More synonyms by meaning
nountendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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