Definitions

credulity

[kruh-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-] / krəˈdu lɪ ti, -ˈdyu- /

NOUN

faith

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptance belief confidence conviction hope loyalty truth

STRONG

allegiance assent assurance certainty certitude constancy credence credit dependence faithfulness fealty fidelity reliance stock store sureness surety troth truthfulness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disbelief disloyalty

STRONG

dishonesty distrust doubt faithlessness inconstancy lying treachery uncertainty unsteadiness

WEAK

agnosticism denial misgiving rejection skepticism suspicion unbelief

NOUN

naïveté

Synonyms

WEAK

artlessness callowness candor childishness frankness guilelessness gullibility inexperience ingenuousness innocence naturalness openness simplicity

Example Sentences

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"Credulity," Charles Lamb observed, "is the man's weakness, but the child's strength."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Credulity," noted Charles Lamb, "is the man's weakness, but the child's strength."

From Time Magazine Archive

Credulity is a different quality—it means you’ll believe whatever you’re told; you’re too trusting.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

General reflections on the foundations of Christian Faith, and on the Causes of Credulity CONCLUSION.

From Critical Examination of the Life of St. Paul by Annet, Peter

Her infant years, as you know, promised much, But grown to ripeness she transcends, and makes Credulity her debtor.

From Philip Massinger by Cruickshank, A. H.

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"The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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