Con artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors and swindle them out of their money.
Source: tatoeba (2004)
Credulity
/kɹɪˈd͡ʒuːlɪti/
Synonyms for "credulity" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Noun(2 words)
accept at face valuebelieve without question
Strong matches (10)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (17)
Noun(6 words)
Adjective(1 words)
naive acceptance
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9 entriesattitudecognitive processcognitive traitpsychological constructpsychological traittendencytrusttrustfulnesstrustingness
More specific
4 entrieschildlike credulitypolitical credulityreligious credulitysuperstitious credulity
Collocations
5 entriesblind credulitynaive credulitypolitical credulityreligious credulityuncritical credulity
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The story of Jesus Christ appearing after he was dead is the story of an apparition, such as timid imaginations can always create in vision, and credulity believe.
Source: tatoeba (1529880)
Happy days of childish credulity, when fact and fiction were swallowed alike without a misgiving!
Source: tatoeba (5680765)
It was all because of my undue credulity.
Source: tatoeba (10938345)
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