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credulity
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credulity
(noun)
credulity
/krɪ
ˈ
duːləti/
Brit
/krɪ
ˈ
djuːləti/
noun
credulity
/krɪ
ˈ
duːləti/
Brit
/krɪ
ˈ
djuːləti/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of CREDULITY
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noncount
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formal
:
ability or willingness to believe something
Although most of the book is believable, its ending tests/strains
credulity
. [=its ending is difficult to believe; its ending does not seem true or possible]
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