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cre·du·li·ty    Audio Help   [kruh-doo-li-tee, -dyoo-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME credulite < L crédulitās. See credulous, -ity]
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cre·du·li·ty    Audio Help   (krĭ-dōō'lĭ-tē, -dyōō'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A disposition to believe too readily.


[Middle English credulite, from Old French, from Latin crēdulitās, from crēdulus, credulous; see credulous.]

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credulity

noun
tendency to believe readily 

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