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credulity

[kruh-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-] Origin

cre·du·li·ty

[kruh-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-]
noun
willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English credulite < Latin crēdulitās. See credulous, -ity

o·ver·cre·du·li·ty, noun
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Credulity is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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credulity (krɪˈdjuːlɪtɪ)
 
n
disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility

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credulity
mid-15c., from Fr. credulité (12c.), from L. credulitas, noun of quality from credulous (see credulous).
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