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–noun
willingness to believe or trust too readily, esp. without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
Origin:
1375–1425;
late ME
credulite
< L
crēdulitās.
See
credulous
,
-ity
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cre·du·li·ty
(krĭ-dōō'lĭ-tē, -dyōō'-)
n. A disposition to believe too readily.
[Middle English
credulite
, from Old French, from Latin
crēdulitās
, from
crēdulus
,
credulous
; see
credulous
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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