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CREDULOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does credulousness mean? 

CREDULOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun CREDULOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceivedplay

  Familiarity information: CREDULOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CREDULOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

credulousness; gullibility

Hypernyms ("credulousness" is a kind of...):

naiveness; naivete; naivety (lack of sophistication or worldliness)

Derivation:

credulous (disposed to believe on little evidence)

credulous (showing a lack of judgment or experience)


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