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CREDULITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tendency to believe readily
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("credulity" is a kind of...):
trust; trustfulness; trustingness (the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credulity"):
overcredulity (too much credulity)
Derivation:
credulous (disposed to believe on little evidence)
credulous (showing a lack of judgment or experience)
