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Webster 1913 Edition
Credulousness
Cred′u-lous-ness
,Noun.
Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.
Beyond all credulity is the
credulousness
of atheists. S. Clarke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Credulousness
CREDULOUSNESS
,Noun.
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)
- 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.
- 1911, Ernest Jones, "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life", The American Journal of Psychology, vol. 22 no 4 (Oct), pp. 525-6,
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.