krə̇d(y)üləd.ē, krēˈ-, kreˈ-, -ətē, -i sometimes -ˈjü- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English credulite, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French credulité, from Latin credulitat-, credulitas, from credulus + -itat-, -itas -ity
: belief or readiness of belief especially on slight or uncertain evidence : gullibility
ready credulity in the face of repeated assertions is one of the curses of the modern world — Bertrand Russell
to strain credulity to the breaking point — T.S.Eliot