Credulity
noun
A willingness to believe too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence.
Her story tested my credulity.
Often appears as...
- strain/stretch credulity
- beyond credulity
noun
A willingness to believe too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence.
Her story tested my credulity.
Often appears as...
- strain/stretch credulity
- beyond credulity
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Easily Deceived
Credulity implies someone can be easily tricked due to their readiness to believe.
His credulity left him vulnerable to online scams.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often carrying a negative connotation, in some contexts credulity can suggest an open, trusting nature.
The child's credulity gave life to the fantastical stories.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
In literature, a character's credulity may be used to introduce plot twists or illustrate a moral lesson.
The protagonist's credulity led him into the villain's trap.
Pro Tip 1/3Easily Deceived
Credulity implies someone can be easily tricked due to their readiness to believe.
His credulity left him vulnerable to online scams.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often carrying a negative connotation, in some contexts credulity can suggest an open, trusting nature.
The child's credulity gave life to the fantastical stories.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
In literature, a character's credulity may be used to introduce plot twists or illustrate a moral lesson.
The protagonist's credulity led him into the villain's trap.
Pro Tip 1/3Easily Deceived
Credulity implies someone can be easily tricked due to their readiness to believe.
His credulity left him vulnerable to online scams.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
While often carrying a negative connotation, in some contexts credulity can suggest an open, trusting nature.
The child's credulity gave life to the fantastical stories.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Device
In literature, a character's credulity may be used to introduce plot twists or illustrate a moral lesson.
The protagonist's credulity led him into the villain's trap.
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Advocating for gender...
result women were forever the second class poppers of the UN system at the time the proposal was made it was greeted with incredulity by some and derision by others the United Nations create a new agency sixty years
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Amory Lovins: A 40-year...
Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity." Now combine the electricity and oil revolutions, both driven by modern efficiency, and you get the really big reinventing fire,
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A 40-year plan for...
discoveries are protected by public incredulity now combine the electricity in oil revolutions both driven by modern efficiency and you get the really big story reinventing fire
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Advocating for gender...
result women were forever the second class poppers of the UN system at the time the proposal was made it was greeted with incredulity by some and derision by others the United Nations create a new agency sixty years
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Amory Lovins: A 40-year...
Big discoveries are protected by public incredulity." Now combine the electricity and oil revolutions, both driven by modern efficiency, and you get the really big reinventing fire,
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A 40-year plan for...
discoveries are protected by public incredulity now combine the electricity in oil revolutions both driven by modern efficiency and you get the really big story reinventing fire
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Quote examples
Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Bette Davis
American Actress
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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William Kingdon Clifford
English Mathematician
The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
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Elizabeth Gaskell
British Novelist
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
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Philip Sidney
English Soldier
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
We are responsible for our incredulity.
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Malcolm Muggeridge
British Journalist
One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
Quote examples
Bette Davis
American Actress
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old days of heroes and villains, the people you can bravo or hiss. There was a truth to them that all the slick credulity of today cannot touch.
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William Kingdon Clifford
English Mathematician
The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine.
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Thomas Jefferson
American President
The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism.
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James Russell Lowell
American Poet
Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
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Elizabeth Gaskell
British Novelist
A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
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Philip Sidney
English Soldier
The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
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Denis Diderot
French Editor
The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.
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Samantha Power
Irish Public Servant
We are responsible for our incredulity.
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