The lover listened with obstinate incredulity.
Source: tatoeba (7752158)
Incredulity
//ˌɪnkɹɪˈdjuːlɪti//
Synonyms for "incredulity" (32 found)
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32 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неверие noun (religious disbelief)
- недоверчивост noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Dutch
2 entries- ongeloof noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- ongelovigheid noun (religious disbelief)
Finnish
3 entries- epäilys noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- epäusko noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- epäusko noun (religious disbelief)
French
2 entries- incrédulité noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- incrédulité noun (religious disbelief)
Galician
2 entries- incredulidade noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- incredulidade noun (religious disbelief)
German
2 entries- Ungläubigkeit noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- Ungläubigkeit noun (religious disbelief)
Greek
1 entries- δυσπιστία noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Latin
1 entries- incredulitas noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Māori
1 entries- whakapono tūpato noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- mistro noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- vantro noun (religious disbelief)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- كفر noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- كفر noun (religious disbelief)
Portuguese
2 entries- incredulidade noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- incredulidade noun (religious disbelief)
Romanian
3 entries- incredulitate noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- necredință noun (religious disbelief)
- scepticism noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Russian
3 entries- неве́рие noun (religious disbelief)
- недове́рие noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- недове́рчивость noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Spanish
2 entries- incredulidad noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- incredulidad noun (religious disbelief)
Swedish
2 entries- klentrogenhet noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
- misstrogenhet noun (unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something)
Sample sentences
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An appeal to common sense is a type of argument from incredulity, a logical fallacy.
Source: tatoeba (13412780)
Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.
Source: wiktionary
It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.
Source: wiktionary
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