[responsivevoice]credulity[/responsivevoice] [ kruh-doo-li-tee ]
The word of the day is ‘credulity’.
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Tendency to believe readily.
2. Readiness of belief
3. A disposition to believe on slight evidence
4. Blind faith
1. Hindi – Bholaapan
2. Spanish – Credulidad
3. French – Crédulité
4. Mandarin – Qīngxìn
1. But there was one statement that proved too much for their credulity.
2. A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
3. The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity
4. Credulity is the man’s weakness, but the child’s strength.
5. The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
gullibility, gullibleness, credulousness, naivety, naiveness, blind faith, trustfulness, over-trustfulness, lack of suspicion, innocence, ingenuousness, unworldliness, lack of experience, lack of sophistication, guilelessness, greenness, callowness, childlikeness, simpleness, simplicity, ignorance, artlessness, candor, childishness, frankness, naturalness, openness, acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, certainty, certitude, credence, fealty, fidelity etc.
disbelief, disloyalty, dishonesty, distrust, doubt, faithlessness, inconstancy, uncertainty, unsteadiness, agnosticism, rejection, skepticism, suspicion, unbelief, worldliness
Quotation:
The New Age movement looks like a mixed bag. I see much in it that seems good: It’s optimistic; it’s enthusiastic; it has the capacity for belief. On the debit side, I think one needs to distinguish between belief and credulity.
Huston Smith
Social Example:
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