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Credulousness

noun
1.
Tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived.  Synonym: gullibility.






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"Credulousness" Quotes from Famous Books



... never occurred to me that he could make arrangements with any one else), he solemnly assured me that he knew nothing about it! Now, after this, what confidence can we have in anything that this man will say or profess! I confess I am sadly mortified at my own credulousness. John I always considered as no better than a swindler, but James I put some trust and confidence in. You judged more accurately, for you always said that 'he was a damned cunning fellow!' Well, there is every appearance of your being right; but ...
— A Publisher and His Friends • Samuel Smiles

... whether, in the credulousness of his good nature, Louis had, at his dying hour, any great confidence in the appeal he made to his son Lothaire, and in the impression which would be produced on his other son, Louis of Bavaria, by the pardon bestowed. The ...
— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume I. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot



Words linked to "Credulousness" :   credulous, naiveness, naivety, naivete



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