CREDULITY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tendency to believe readily

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

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

trust; trustfulness; trustingness (the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "credulity"):

overcredulity (too much credulity)

Derivation:

credulous (disposed to believe on little evidence)

credulous (showing a lack of judgment or experience)