| word | credulity |
|---|---|
| definition | Readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence. |
| eg_sentence | Thrillers and action movies only succeed if they don't strain our credulity too much. |
| explanation | A particularly far-fetched story may be said to strain credulity, stretch credulity, put demands on our credulity, or make claims on our credulity. Credulity is a quality of innocent children (of all ages) and isn't always a bad thing; it must have been pure credulity that enabled Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies fans to wait so long for a World Series victory (“This is the year they're going to take it!”), which probably made life bearable for them. The related adjective is credulous. F. Scott Fitzgerald once defined advertising as “making dubious promises to a credulous public. |
| IPA | krɪˈduləti |
Tags: mwvb::unit:4, mwvb::unit:4:word, mwvb::word, mwvb::word-cloze, mwvb::word-reverse, obsidian_to_anki
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