Definitions for credulous
ˈkrɛdʒ ə ləscred·u·lous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. credulousadjective

   disposed to believe on little evidence

   "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"

2. credulousadjective

   showing a lack of judgment or experience

   "so credulous he believes everything he reads"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. credulousadjective

   Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

2. Etymology: Originated in 1576, from credulus, from credo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CREDULOUSadjective

   Apt to believe; unsuspecting; easily deceived.

   Etymology: credulus, Latin.

   A credulous father, and a brother noble,
   Whose nature is so far from doing harm,
   That he suspects none. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

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1. credulous

   Credulity is a person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, especially on minimal or uncertain evidence. Credulity is not necessarily a belief in something that may be false: the subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good evidence.

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1. credulous

   Credulous refers to a person who is too ready to believe things, often without proper or adequate evidence. Such a person is usually easily deceived or tricked due to their trusting and gullible nature.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Credulousadjective

   apt to believe on slight evidence; easily imposed upon; unsuspecting

2. Credulousadjective

   believed too readily

3. Etymology: [L. credulus, fr. credere. See Creed.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of credulous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of credulous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of credulous in a Sentence

1. Bertrand Russell:

   Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

2. Carl Sagan:

   One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We're no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It is simply too painful to acknowledge -- even to ourselves -- that we've been so credulous. (So the old bamboozles tend to persist as the new bamboozles rise.)

3. Calvin Coolidge:

   When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

4. Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays (1950), "Outline of Intellectual Rubbish":

   Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=credulous
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Credulous
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=credulous
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credulous
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/credulous