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Definition of Incredulity
1. Noun. Doubt about the truth of something.
Generic synonyms: Doubt, Doubtfulness, Dubiety, Dubiousness, Incertitude, Uncertainty
Derivative terms: Incredulous, Skeptical, Skeptical
Definition of Incredulity
1. n. The state or quality of being incredulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
Definition of Incredulity
1. Noun. Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Religious disbelief, lack of faith. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Incredulity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Incredulity
Literary usage of Incredulity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"THOMAS, ST., incredulity OF, (John, xx. 25). By Cima da Conegliano, Venice
Academy ; wood, ... Christ, at right, standing amongst incredulity of St. Thomas, ..."
2. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1845)
"(C; THE incredulity OF FORSTER UPON HEARING OF GENERAL WILLS' NEAR APPROACH. ...
This incredulity is amazing. It was scarcely surpassed by that of Macbeth, ..."
3. The Holy War Made by King Shaddai Upon Diabolus, to Regain the Metropolis of by John Bunyan (1832)
"CHAPTER X. ' , The Wrong holds of Diabolus destroyed. incredulity ... to wit, Mr.
incredulity and Mr. committed to prison ..."
4. The Athenian Empire by George William Cox (1887)
"... in vain raised his voice, urging them to man their triremes and wait for the
Athenians on the shores of Italy, incredulity ' . . ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... complains that t he incredulity of the age slighted his miraculous power.
He was canonised by Innocent III in 1203; his day in the calendar is 19 Jan. ..."
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