Synonyms for credulity
krəˈdu lɪ ti, -ˈdyu-creduli·ty

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1. credulitynoun

   Antonyms:
   incredulity

2. credulitynoun

   Antonyms:
   incredulity

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1. credulity

   Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

   Synonyms:
   bigotry, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition

   Antonyms:
   cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

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1. credulity

   Synonyms:
   gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness

   Antonyms:
   incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness

Princeton's WordNet

1. credulitynoun

   tendency to believe readily

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1. • Trust

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1. credulitynoun

   Synonyms:
   easiness of belief, readiness to believe (on slight evidence)

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1. Mitt Romney:

   When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated. By all appearances, the President's brazen and unprecedented appeal to China and to Ukraine to investigate Hunter Biden is wrong and appalling.

2. Dimitri Christakis:

   We can improve ratings to help parents better screen movies, apps, video programs and games. And despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, it strains credulity why prohibiting minors from purchasing games designated as ‘ for adults only ’ by the industry itself is a violation of free speech when the same standard is not applied to pornography or even admission to R-rated movies.

3. Elizabeth Gaskell:

   A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.

4. Mitt Romney:

   When the only American citizen President Trump singles out for China's investigation is his political opponent in the midst of the Democratic nomination process, it strains credulity to suggest that it is anything other than politically motivated.

5. Bertrand Russell:

   One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.