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Definition of Credulity
1. Noun. Tendency to believe readily.
Specialized synonyms: Overcredulity
Derivative terms: Credulous, Credulous
Definition of Credulity
1. n. Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Definition of Credulity
1. Noun. A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Credulity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Credulity
Literary usage of Credulity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters from England by Robert Southey (1836)
"I attribute this to the foolish credulity of mankind. As we no longer trust in
miracles and relics, we run as eagerly after recipes and doctors ; and the ..."
2. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"I. Narrow dogmatic faith—The credulity of primitive man: First, spontaneous faith
in the senses and imagination ; Second, faith in the testimony of superior ..."
3. The Light of Day: Religious Discussions and Criticisms from the Naturalist's by John Burroughs (1900)
"This is to confound faith and credulity." But the doctor does not himself make
very clear the difference ... Credulity is quite a different thing. Credulity ..."
4. Problems in Greek History by John Pentland Mahaffy (1892)
"ties have wonderfully imposed upon the credulity of the learned. Nobody rates
Thucydides higher than I do, wherever he is really competent to give an ..."
5. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"SUPERSTITIONS AND POPULAR Credulity. " Well attested, and as well believ'd, Heard
solemn, goes the goblin story round, Till superstitious horror creeps o'er ..."
6. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"The hold which credulity retained on the national character—Astrology, its
professors and ... THE annals of English popular credulity and superstition, ..."
7. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... with which Rogers is much touched—The queen not pleased with her envoy—Credulity
of the English commissioners—Ceremonious meeting of all the envoys— ..."
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