| 单词 | credulity |
| 释义 | credulity (once / 1874 pages) n Did you know that if you say credulity ten times fast it starts to sound like orange? If you believe that, then you have a lot of credulity. Credulity means gullibility, or a willingness to believe anything. Credulity is a tendency to believe in things too easily and without evidence. If a swindler is trying to sell you fake medicine, then he is "preying on your credulity." This noun is associated with being naïve, gullible or innocent. It shouldn’t be confused with credibility, which means “believability,” although it is often misused in this way. You might hear someone say, “the farfetched plot of that movie strained credulity,” but what he or she really means is “believability,” or “credibility.” WORD FAMILYcredulity: credulities, overcredulity+/credulous: credulity, credulously, credulousness, incredulous, overcredulous/incredulity: incredulities/incredulous: incredulity, incredulously USAGE EXAMPLESMuch of Chafe’s analysis is arcane, in places straining credulity; but Bach, too, was a man of arcane bent. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) And our complicity, our credulity, being consumers not concerned citizens, is an essential part of that process. The Guardian(Dec 04, 2016) Western credulity about socialism is eternal, which perhaps explains the tearful eulogies for Castro. Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) n tendency to believe readily Hypo|Hyper overcredulity too much credulity trust, trustfulness, trustingness the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others |
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