credulousness
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələsnəs/, /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒʊləsnəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɛd͡ʒələsnəs/
Noun
editcredulousness (uncountable)
- The characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity
- Synonyms: credulosity (uncommon), credulity, gullibility
- 1911 Oct, Ernest Jones, “The Psychopathology of Everyday Life”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 22, number 4, pages 525–6:
- Credulousness is always more harshly judged than incredulousness, though they are both merely different aspects of the same fundamental failing, namely, lack of true scepticism.
Synonyms
editTranslations
editcredulity, gullibility — see gullibility
References
edit- credulousness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “credulousness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “credulousness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.