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Webster 1913 Edition

Credulity

Cre-du′li-ty

(kr?-d?′l?-t?)
,
Noun.
[L.
credulitas
, fr.
credulus
: cf. F.
crédulité
. See
Credulous
.]
Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
That implict
credulity
is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Credulity

CREDULITY

,
Noun.
[L., to believe. See Creed and Credulous.] Easiness of belief; a weakness of mind by which a person is disposed to believe, or yield his assent to a declaration or proposition, without sufficient evidence of the truth of what is said or proposed; a disposition to believe on slight evidence or no evidence at all.

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