credulity

“It kind of beggars credulity that that number of complaints could be raised and that none could be substantiated,” Johnson said.

For all his acknowledged literary discernment, it is Cowley’s political credulity that has marked his reputation.

But this particular situation stretches one’s credulity to the brink.

Frost, a founding partner of Frost LLP, called the allegations “vile” and “false” and said “numerous aspects of the complaint ... defy credulity.”

One former England coach previously suggested to me that Australia were genetically superior, a statement that would perhaps test the credulity of most evolutionary scientists.