Overtrusting

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Excessively trusting.

    "The naive believer may seem overtrusting in his beliefs, but the critic becomes overtrusting of his criticism, so both are naive, the latter more dangerously than the former."

Example

More examples

"The naive believer may seem overtrusting in his beliefs, but the critic becomes overtrusting of his criticism, so both are naive, the latter more dangerously than the former."

Etymology

From over- + trusting.

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