Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Disposed to believe too readily; gullible.
- adjective Arising from or characterized by credulity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by or exhibiting credulity; uncritical with regard to beliefs; easily deceived; gullible.
- Believed too readily.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting.
- adjective obsolete Believed too readily.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Excessively ready to
believe things;gullible . - adjective obsolete Believed too readily.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective showing a lack of judgment or experience
- adjective disposed to believe on little evidence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He came down firmly against discrimination, attacking the notion of credulous sellers and conniving buyers.
Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999
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He came down firmly against discrimination, attacking the notion of credulous sellers and conniving buyers.
Alexander Hamilton, American Richard Brookhiser 1999
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Not being what is called a credulous person, Mademoiselle Marguerite was unable to believe it.
The Count's Millions ��mile Gaboriau 1852
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It is, in other words, a credulous hodge-podge of all the older witch and devil tales that could be packed into its duodecimo pages; tales made vivid by its startling frontispiece and the crude but awful woodcuts that adorn its text.
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Yeah, because I don't buy into Dan Brownian theories -- such as they are -- I'm "credulous," and toeing the "party line."
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"We added insulation and thermal windows" -- wow, how green! it's this kind of credulous hackery about money that got us into the real estate mess in the first place, so next time, how about some actual cost figures? and really are we to be smiling at this huge bubble and it's crash because it has this green-silver lining? are you out of your m.f. mind?
Eco-Flipping: One Upside of Housing Downturn « PubliCola 2010
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I'd sooner say it's "credulous" and "indulgent." posted by Eric 8: 47 PM |
IsThatLegal? 2003
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On the other hand, Indians were accused of out-trading whites and using their 'immense wealth', as Lawley described it, to buy out the 'credulous' and 'ignorant Dutch farmer'.
file:///D:/Data/HTML/BOOKS/src/sfsa03.txt Ray Esther 1969
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The word believe is a problematic one today, in part because it has gradually changed its meaning from being the language of certainty so deep that I could give my heart to it, to the language of uncertainty so shallow that only the "credulous" would rely on it.
Child Marc 2010
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James T. Carlson is on a mission to educate and enlighten "credulous" Americans who accept the reality of UFOs.
The UFO Chronicles Frank Warren 2010
guitar commented on the word credulous
Having too great a readiness to believe things
July 8, 2014