credulity
pronunciation
How to pronounce credulity in British English:
UK [krɪˈdju:ləti]
How to pronounce credulity in American English:
US [krɪˈduləti]
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- Noun:
- tendency to believe readily
Word Origin
- credulity (n.)
- early 15c., from Old French credulité (12c.), from Latin credulitatem (nominative credulitas) "easiness of belief, rash confidence," noun of quality from credulus (see credulous).
Example
- 1. First , this was an age of credulity .
- 2. This strains credulity ever further .
- 3. The combined effect strained credulity .
- 4. A better analogy would be a railway station in a big city , where hustlers gather to prey on the credulity of new arrivals .
- 5. Japanese researchers published a small study in 2001 suggesting that dolphin therapy can somehow treat eczema , but that finding stretches credulity , marino says .