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–noun

the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME incredulite < L incrédulitās. See incredulous, -ity

]

—Synonyms disbelief, skepticism, doubt.

—Antonyms faith.

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n. The state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief.

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incredulity
noun
doubt about the truth of something

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Incredulity

In`cre*du"li*ty\, n. [L. incredu?itas: cf. F. incr['e]dulit['e].] The state or quality of being i?credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.

Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is the most irrational. --Buckminster.

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