- 1輕信
Credulity is the readiness to believe that something is true — often a little too ready. If you have a lot of credulity, you swallow stories without asking enough questions. News writers love the set phrase it strains credulity (or stretches credulity): the story is so unlikely that even a willing believer would struggle. It is a formal, slightly noun. Though actually, the word is not always an insult; we all need some willingness to believe, or we could not learn from other people. The sting comes when that willingness has no brakes. Do not mix it with credibility. Credibility belongs to the story or the speaker: can I trust them? Credulity belongs to the listener: do they believe too fast?
組成From Middle English credulite, from Middle French credulité, from Latin crēdulitās. In English it matches credulous + -ity: the state of being credulous.
同家族的字
- credulousthe adjective this noun is built from
- incredulitythe opposite quality: stubborn unwillingness to believe
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credulitynoun/kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/
- 1
A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- These testosterone thumpers have repackaged and exaggerated the study, with a credulity born of zealotry, into articles with shitposty titles like “Trust The Science: Study Links Left-Wing Politics to Lower Testosterone,” casting it as hard proof of their hormonal theories of healthy politics.
- 2
Faith, credence; acceptance or maintenance of a belief.
- Do you think Mr. Allworthy hath more contempt for money than other men because he professes more? Such credulity would better become one of us weak women, than that wise sex which heaven hath formed for politicians. Indeed, brother, you would make a fine plenipo to negotiate with the French.
- As Challenger spoke of his pterodactyl I glanced at Professor Summerlee, and for the first time I seemed to see some signs of a dawning credulity and repentance. There was no sneer upon his thin lips, but, on the contrary, a gray, drawn look of excitement and amazement. Challenger saw it, too, and reveled in the first taste of victory.
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