What does incredulity mean?

Definitions for incredulity
ˌɪn krɪˈdu lɪ ti, -ˈdyu-in·creduli·ty

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word incredulity.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejectionnoun

    doubt about the truth of something

Wiktionary

  1. incredulitynoun

    Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

  2. incredulitynoun

    Religious disbelief, lack of faith.

  3. Etymology: Attested since 1430. From incredulité, from incredulitas, from incredulus + -itas

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Incredulitynoun

    Quality of not believing; hardness of belief.

    Etymology: incredulité, French.

    He was more large in the description of Paradise, to take away all scruple from the incredulity of future ages. Walter Raleigh.

ChatGPT

  1. incredulity

    Incredulity is a state or feeling of being unable or unwilling to believe something or being skeptical about it. It represents a disbelief or doubt about the truth or accuracy of an assertion or occurrence.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Incredulitynoun

    the state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief

  2. Etymology: [L. incredulitas: cf. F. incrdulit.]

How to pronounce incredulity?

How to say incredulity in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of incredulity in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of incredulity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of incredulity in a Sentence

  1. Clifford Bax:

    No one becomes forty without incredulity and a sense of outrage.

  2. Matt Damon:

    During a recent interview, I recalled a discussion I had with my daughter where I attempted to contextualize for her the progress that has been made – though by no means completed – since I was growing up in Boston and, as a child, heard the word ‘f*g’ used on the street before I knew what it even referred to, i explained that that word was used constantly and casually and was even a line of dialogue in a movie of mine as recently as 2003; she in turn expressed incredulity that there could ever have been a time where that word was used unthinkingly.

  3. Charles Dickens:

    It was the best of times, it was the worst of times it ws the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair we had everything before us, we had nothing before us we were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

incredulity#10000#99595#100000

Translations for incredulity

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for incredulity »

Translation

Find a translation for the incredulity definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"incredulity." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/incredulity>.

Discuss these incredulity definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for incredulity? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    feelings of great warmth and intensity
    A squint-eye
    B fervidness
    C rung
    D substrate

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for incredulity: