as in credulity
readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence
her inveterate credulousness makes her an easy target for practical jokes
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Noun
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The idea that a mere oversight caused Justice Department officials to omit the Trump documents from the public database strains credulity.—
Barbara McQuade,
Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2026 -
The answer to all of these questions is, of course, that the movie’s way is creepier, even as its setup sometimes strains credulity.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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These forces—economic uncertainty, political division, and toxic algorithms—work in a vicious cycle to try and tell us that empathy is weakness… that kindness is gullibility… that sincerity is for suckers.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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The Enlightenment faith in reason, science, and free speech, already weakened by the First World War, had been devastated by an unprecedented bureaucracy of mass death, sustained by technology, systematic deceit, widespread gullibility, and eager acquiescence.—
Victor J. Blue,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But, for many American Jews, Zionism has come to represent the belief that there should be such a home—both because of the Jewish people’s ties to their ancestral land and because of the centuries of persecution that Jews endured, culminating with the Holocaust.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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According to Christian belief, Jesus was arrested, tried by Roman authorities and sentenced to death by crucifixion.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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Japanese pickling methods, such as nukazuke (fermentation in rice bran), emphasized minimalism and balance, reflecting the cultural values of harmony and simplicity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
31 Mar. 2026
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The beauty of cafe curtains lies in their simplicity.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Still, a trust charter would give it the legal authority, access to banking infrastructure and regulatory credibility to move, hold, and settle money more efficiently — and perhaps set it up to compete more with PayPal or Square.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Bondi’s fumbling of the Epstein files investigation sparked outrage from conservatives and Congress, undermining her credibility.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Credulousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credulousness. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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