willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility.
Origin
1375-1425;late Middle Englishcredulite < Latincrēdulitās. See credulous, -ity
Related forms
overcredulity, noun
Examples from the web for credulity
Refusing to believe something in the face of scientific evidence is not skepticism, it is the height of credulity.
Some seem pretty reasonable after seeing their stories, while others still strain the bounds of credulity.
There's a huge amount of self-deception and irrational credulity in the public.
They owe to donate time and expose all the anti-Science people for what they are charlatans who live from the credulity of fools.
The emperor condemned his too scrupulous fears and credulity, and made her ample amends.
They accepted the bare word of their predecessors with a touching credulity.
While that strains credulity, it opens room for reasonable doubt.
But that might have taxed the credulity of even the unwary.
Someone who takes credulity to new and scary and non-scientifically-approved heights.
The credulity and ignorance of these people is astonishing.
British Dictionary definitions for credulity
credulity
/krɪˈdjuːlɪtɪ/
noun
1.
disposition to believe something on little evidence; gullibility
Word Origin and History for credulity
n.
early 15c., from Old French credulité (12c.), from Latin credulitatem (nominative credulitas) "easiness of belief, rash confidence," noun of quality from credulus (see credulous).