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gullibility
gul·li·ble G0310800 (gŭl′ə-bəl)adj. Easily deceived or duped.
[From gull.]
gul′li·bil′i·ty n.gul′li·bly adv.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | gullibility - tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceivedcredulousnessnaiveness, naivete, naivety - lack of sophistication or worldliness |
gullibilitynoun credulity, innocence, naïveté, blind faith, credulousness, simplicity She must take part of the blame for her own gullibility.Translationsgullible (ˈgaləbl) adjective easily tricked or fooled. He is so gullible that he believes everything you tell him. 輕信的，易受騙的 轻信的，易受骗的 ˌgulliˈbility noun 輕信 轻信Gullibility
GullibilitySee also Dupery.Big Clausfoolishly falls for Little Claus’s falsified get-rich-quick schemes. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen’s Fairy Tales]Emperororders a new outfit from weavers who claim it will be invisible to anyone unworthy of his position. [Dan. Lit.: Andersen “The Emperor’s New Clothes” in Andersen’s Fairy Tales]GeorgetteMary Richards’ coworker and Ted Baxter’s wife; epitomizes gullibility. [TV: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in Terrace, II, 70]Oswaldbelieves Edmund’s false charges against Edgar. [Br. Lit.: King Lear]Othello“thinks men honest that but seem to be so.” [Br. Lit.: Othello]Peachum, Pollyamong others, believes she is Macheath’s wife. [Br. Opera: The Beggar’s Opera]Quixote, Doncompletely taken in by all the tales and plans of his squire and others who humor his delusions. [Span. Lit.: Cervantes Don Quixote]Simple Simoncredulous booby. [Nurs. Rhyme: Opie, 387]Tenderfoottold that cowpunching is a cinch, is badly hurt when he tries it and is tossed. [Am. Balladry: “The Tenderfoot”]Urfe, Nicholastrusts in the specious sincerity of the actors in Conchis’s psychological experiments on him. [Br. Lit.: John Fowles The Magus in Weiss, 279]gullibility
Synonyms for gullibilitynoun credulitySynonyms- credulity
- innocence
- naïveté
- blind faith
- credulousness
- simplicity
Synonyms for gullibilitynoun tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceivedSynonymsRelated Words |