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Webster 1913 Edition


Credulousness

Cred′u-lous-ness

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Noun.
Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.
Beyond all credulity is the
credulousness
of atheists.
S. Clarke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Credulousness

CREDULOUSNESS

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Noun.
Credulity; easiness of belief; readiness to believe without sufficient evidence.
Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists, who believe that chance could make the world, when it cannot build a house.

Definition 2024


credulousness

credulousness

English

Noun

credulousness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity.
    • 1911, Ernest Jones, "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life", The American Journal of Psychology, vol. 22 no 4 (Oct), pp. 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

References

  • credulousness” in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
  • credulousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • credulousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.