Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: credulity
IPA transcription: [kɹɪd'uləti]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: credulity
    Meaning: tendency to believe readily
Usage examples
  • Had not these pages already proved to what an extent human credulity could go, it would be almost useless to offer the following most extraordinary details as matters of fact.
  • At another time, in the flat-woods of Port Orange (I hope I am not taxing my reader's credulity too far, or making myself out a man of too imaginative an ear), I heard the bleating of sheep.
  • CHARLEMAGNE was overwhelmed with grief at the loss of so many of his bravest warriors at the disaster of Roncesvalles, and bitterly reproached himself for his credulity in resigning himself so completely to the counsels of the treacherous Count Gan.