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CREDULOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed to believe on little evidence
Example:
the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous
Classified under:
Similar:
credible ((a common but incorrect usage where 'credulous' would be appropriate) credulous)
overcredulous (too credulous for your own good)
unquestioning (not inclined to ask questions)
Also:
naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
trustful; trusting (inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust)
Antonym:
incredulous (not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving)
Derivation:
credulity (tendency to believe readily)
credulousness (tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Showing a lack of judgment or experience
Example:
so credulous he believes everything he reads
Classified under:
Similar:
naif; naive (marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience)
Derivation:
credulity (tendency to believe readily)
credulousness (tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived)
