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Word | Credulity |
Swedish Meaning | godtrogenhet, lättrogenhet, |
tendency to believe readily / Readiness of belief / belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete / a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true. / ability or willingness to believe something, | |
Usage | ⇒ Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors to swindle them out of their savings. ⇒ the quack pushing the phony medicine was taking advantage of the credulity of people hoping for miracle cures ⇒ At one extreme, it is used to represent the unswerving conviction and absolute credulity of the true believer. ⇒ I think you may have stretched his credulity |
Synonyms | credulousness, trust, gullibility, faith, bigotry, fondness, reception, acceptation, acquiescence, assurance, blind faith, certainty, confidence, credence, credit, dependence, dotage, hope, infatuation, innocence, |
Antonyms | deliberation, caution, disbelief, suspicion, cautiousness, forethought, judgment, precaution, scrupulousness, care, circumspection, discrimination, forecast, foresight, heedfulness, judiciousness, mistrust, policy, providence, scrupulosity, |
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