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    [Noun]  | "cre*du*li*ty" | \ kri-ˈdü-lə-tē \


    1: readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence


    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: {credulous };

    [Idiom]  | "stretch credulity" 


    1: to be hard to believe

    [Noun]  | "credulity" 


    1: readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence;


      * e.g., " ... the quack pushing the phony medicine was taking advantage of the credulity of people hoping for miracle cures "





     [ "credulant" ]

    1: A person who is too credulous and just believes everything they see on the internet.

      * e.g.,  ... Stupid credulants, clogging up Facebook with all their hoaxes and virus warnings and stuff. Why don't they just think for a bit first? 

     [ "credulous" ]

    1: readiness to trust or believe especially on unsubstantial evidence

      * e.g.,  ... The parliamentarian new most of his constituent was credulous and could take advantage of that in the upcoming referendum 

     [ "Credulity" ]

    1: A readiness to believe something without sound evidence or just because a person wants it to be so.

      * e.g.,  ... True faith is not credulity. 

     [ "Credulous" ]

    1: Easily believing the words of someone, even when they're lying or exaggerating.

      * e.g.,  ... Credulous :( 


     [ "Credulous" ]

    2: Leading to misconception of this person, especially if there's no emotional attachment to them. Often later finding out they aren't as truthful as you first thought.

     [ "credulence" ]

    1: Credulence: the state of having a viable credit status in the midst of an economic disaster.

      * e.g.,  ... "While his neighbors dodged repo men, Gordon smugly bragged about his credulence in the middle of the 21st century's first recession." 

     [ "web credulity" ]

    1: Complete and utter reliance on and trust in Internet research and online content; a tendency to believe everything read on the Web or seen posted, tweeted or pinned on Facebook or Twitter and the like; unquestioning belief in every story, legend, or dire warning that shows up on the web or in one's inbox

      * e.g.,  ... "Web credulity of generation Z" 

     [ "Credulous Bias" ]

    1: Meaning someone who will believe the media but they wont believe the person who was in those events

      * e.g.,  ... Person : I just saw the news bigfoot came too town 

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