gullibility

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/ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti//ɡʌləˈbɪləti/

noun

The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.

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Meanings

noungullibility (countable and uncountable, plural gullibilities)

plural gullibilities

  1. countableuncountableThe quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.

    What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.

    2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian

    Synonyms: credulity

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.

Similar
credulity

More synonyms by meaning

nountendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived

Similar
credulousness
Broader
naivetenaivetynaiveness
Also see
credulitycredulousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From gullible + -ity.

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Translations

Arabic سَذَاجَة
  • سَذَاجَة (saḏāja)quality of being easily deceived
Bulgarian доверчивост, лековерие
  • доверчивост (doverčivost)quality of being easily deceived
  • лековерие (lekoverie)quality of being easily deceived
Catalan credulitat
  • credulitatquality of being easily deceived
Chinese Mandarin 易受骗
  • 易受骗quality of being easily deceived
Czech důvěřivost
  • důvěřivostquality of being easily deceived
Dutch lichtgelovigheid
  • lichtgelovigheidquality of being easily deceived
Finnish herkkäuskoisuus
  • herkkäuskoisuusquality of being easily deceived
French crédulité
  • crédulitéquality of being easily deceived
German Leichtgläubigkeit
  • Leichtgläubigkeitquality of being easily deceived
Greek ευπιστία, αφέλεια
  • ευπιστία (efpistía)quality of being easily deceived
  • αφέλεια (aféleia)quality of being easily deceived
Hebrew תמימות
  • תמימות (tmimút)quality of being easily deceived
Latin crēdulitās
  • crēdulitāsquality of being easily deceived
Māori whakapono tūpatokore
  • whakapono tūpatokorequality of being easily deceived
Polish naiwność, łatwowierność
  • naiwność, łatwowiernośćquality of being easily deceived
Portuguese credulidade
  • credulidadequality of being easily deceived
Russian дове́рчивость, простоду́шие
  • дове́рчивость (dovérčivostʹ)quality of being easily deceived
  • простоду́шие (prostodúšije)quality of being easily deceived
  • наи́вность (naívnostʹ)quality of being easily deceived
Spanish credulidad, tragaderas
  • credulidadquality of being easily deceived
  • tragaderasquality of being easily deceived
  • ingenuidadquality of being easily deceived
  • tragaderosquality of being easily deceived
Swedish godtrogenhet
  • godtrogenhetquality of being easily deceived
Tagalog kamapaniwalain
  • kamapaniwalainquality of being easily deceived
Turkish saflık, naiflik
  • saflıkquality of being easily deceived
  • naiflikquality of being easily deceived
  • enayilikquality of being easily deceived
Vietnamese tính cả tin
  • tính cả tinquality of being easily deceived
Cite this entry
APA

gullibility. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gullibility

MLA

“gullibility.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gullibility. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gullibility,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gullibility.

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