Gullibility
/ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent. countable, uncountable
"What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science."
- 2 tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"Sami is not very good at hiding his gullibility."
Etymology
From gullible + -ity.