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Definition: Credulity |
CredulityNoun1. Tendency to believe readily. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "credulity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
19th Century Satire | A feminine virtue and a masculine vice. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Credulity | Noun: credulity, credulousness; Adjective: cullibility, gullibility; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self deception; superstition; one's blind side; bigotry; (obstinacy); hyperorthodoxy; misjudgment. |
Deception | Decoy, waylay, lure, beguile, delude, inveigle; entrap, intrap, ensnare; nick, springe; set a trap, lay a trap, lay a snare for; bait the hook, forelay, spread the toils, lime; trapan, trepan; kidnap; let in, hook in; nousle, nousel; blind a trail; enmesh, immesh; shanghai; catch, catch in a trap; sniggle, entangle, illaqueate, hocus, escamoter, practice on one's credulity; hum, humbug; gammon, stuff up, sell; play a trick upon one, play a practical joke upon one, put something over on one, put one over on; balk, trip up, throw a tub to a whale; fool to the top of one's bent, send on a fool's errand; make game, make a fool of, make an April fool of, make an ass of; trifle with, cajole, flatter; come over; (influence); gild the pill, make things pleasant, divert, put a good face upon; dissemble. |
Unskillfulness | Mistake; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); bark up the wrong tree; be in the wrong box, aim at a pigeon and kill a crow; take the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong pig by the tail, get the wrong sow by the ear, get the dirty end of the stick; put the saddle on the wrong horse, put a square peg into a round hole, put new wine into old bottles. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Credulity |
| English words defined with "credulity": childlike ♦ dewey-eyed ♦ Fish story ♦ Miscredulity ♦ overcredulity ♦ simple ♦ wide-eyed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "credulity": GAGGERS, Green in my Eye ♦ Orgon ♦ Spectacles. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Lamb | Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength. |
Elizabeth Gaskell | A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly. |
Sir Philip Sidney | The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity. |
Tryon Edwards | Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. |
William Pitt The Elder Chatham | I cannot give them my confidence; pardon me, gentlemen, confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | No lurking horrors were to upbraid him for his easy credulity. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker, was an outrage on the credulity of human nature. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Credulity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Credulity" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "credulity": credulity-straining. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
credulity | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "credulity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lehtëbesim. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سرعة التصديق (credulous), السذاجة (naivety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | лековерие (gullibility, simplicity), доверчивост (trust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 轻信. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | dùvìřivost (gullibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | herkkäuskoisuus. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | crédulité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leichtgläubigkeit (gullibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευπιστία (credulousness, gullibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כו ות ל"אמין בכל "בר. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hiszékenység (gullibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mudah percaya. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | credulit (gullibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 妄信 (blind acceptance, blind belief). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぼうし" (blind acceptance, blind belief, deceased parent, schemer, strategist, tactician), もうし" (blind acceptance, blind belief, presumption, rushing madly ahead, rushing recklessly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | credjalaght (naivety). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edulitycray credulidade (gullibility). (various references) credulitate (credulousness, gullibility), naivitate (artlessness, credulousness, greenness, gullibility, naivete, naivety, simple-mindedness, simplicity, sincerity). (various references) легковерие (easiness, gullibility), доверчивость (gullibility, trustfulness). (various references) lakovernost (gullibility). (various references) credulidad (gullibility), término de fe. (various references) lättrogenhet (innocence), godtrogenhet. (various references) saflık (chastity, gullibility, ingenuousness, innocence, naivete, naivety, purity, refinement, simple-mindedness, trueness), herşeye inanma. (various references) легковірність (easiness, gullibility), довірливість (gullibility). (various references) tính nhẹ dạ (credulousness, frivolity, frivolness, levity, lightness), tính cả tin (credulousness). (various references) hygoeledd (credibility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "credulity": incredulity. (additional references) | |
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"Credulity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cardality, credidit. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "credulity" (pronounced kruduw"lutē) |
| 9 | k r u d uw" l u t ē | incredulity. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | ability, abnormality, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, actuality, adaptability, admissibility, advisability, affordability, agility, amiability, applicability, availability, banality, believability, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, capability, causality, centrality, civility, collegiality, commonality, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, convertibility, credibility, criminality, criticality, culpability, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, dimensionality, disability, docility, duality, ductility, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, facility, fallibility, fatality, feasibility, fertility, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, geniality, gentility, gullibility, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humility, illegality, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incivility, incompatibility, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, infertility, infidelity, inflexibility, informality, instability, instrumentality, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irresponsibility, irritability, legality, legibility, lethality, liability, liberality, locality, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, mentality, miscibility, mobility, modality, morality, mortality, motility, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, nobility, nonutility, normality, originality, palatability, partiality, permeability, personality, plausibility, plurality, polity, portability, possibility, practicality, predictability, principality, probability, profitability, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, readability, reality, reliability, respectability, responsibility, seasonality, senility, sensibility, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, stability, sterility, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, tranquility, transferability, triviality, unavailability, universality, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, utility, variability, venality, versatility, viability, virility, visibility, vitality, volatility, vulnerability. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-l-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: directly. | |
-2 letters: crudely, crudity, cruelty, cutlery, diluter, ductile, tiredly, utricle. | |
-3 letters: clerid, credit, curdle, curite, curled, curtly, cutely, cutler, decury, delict, deltic, dilute, direct, direly, dulcet, luetic, relict, reluct, ridley, rudely, rutile, tirled, triced, truced, uretic. | |
-4 letters: cider, cited, citer, clued, cried, crude, cruel, cruet, culet, culti, curdy, cured, curet, curie, curly, cuter, cutey. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-i-l-r-t-u-y" | |
+2 letters: incredulity, reductively. | |
+3 letters: diuretically, productively, reducibility. | |
+4 letters: destructively, documentarily, unpredictably. | |
+5 letters: clairaudiently, discourteously, indestructibly, irreducibility, reproductively, uncrystallized. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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