Definition of Overcredulous

1. Adjective. Too credulous for your own good.

Similar to: Credulous

Definition of Overcredulous

1. a. Too credulous.

Definition of Overcredulous

1. Adjective. Too credulous. ¹

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Definition of Overcredulous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overcredulous

overcounted
overcounting
overcounts
overcover
overcovered
overcovering
overcovers
overcoy
overcram
overcrammed
overcramming
overcrams
overcraw
overcraws
overcredulity
overcredulous (current term)
overcritical
overcritically
overcriticize
overcriticized
overcriticizes
overcriticizing
overcrop
overcropped
overcropping
overcrops
overcrossing
overcrow
overcrowd
overcrowded

Literary usage of Overcredulous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Startling Facts in Modern Spiritualism by Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe (1875)
"... with inhabitants of the spirit-world, I yielded an implicit belief to all I received from them, until I found myself the dupe of an overcredulous mind. ..."

2. A Ruthless Avenger by Conney (1896)
"He, a gentleman, a man of honour, who had been foolishly, thoughtlessly liberal in his expenditure, overcredulous perhaps in his dealings with the ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"Many of the bare facts of science are so far stranger than fiction that the general public has become somewhat overcredulous, and untrained minds fall an ..."

4. Anti-slavery Leaders of North Carolina by John Spencer Bassett (1898)
"They can see the dangers of demagogues upon the overcredulous or upon the ready admirers of attitudes bellicose, and they can do much to stimulate a ..."

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