credulity

Roget category 486

4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties
› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#486. Credulity

noun

credulity, credulousness etc. adj. — cullibility^†, gullibility — gross credulity, infatuation — self delusion, self deception — superstition — one's blind side — bigotry etc. (obstinacy) 606 — hyperorthodoxy etc. 984^† — misjudgment etc. 481.
credulous person etc. (dupe) 547.

verb

be credulous etc. adj. — jurare in verba magistri [Lat.] — follow implicitly — swallow, gulp down — take on trust — take for granted, take for gospel — run away with a notion, run away with an idea — jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion — think the moon is made of green cheese — take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance — catch at straws, grasp at straws.
impose upon etc. (deceive) 545.

adjective

credulous, gullible — easily deceived etc. 545 — simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid — easily convinced — over-credulous, over confident, over trustful — infatuated, superstitious — confiding etc. (believing) 484.

phrase

the wish the father to the thought — credo quia impossibile [Lat.] [Tertullian]; all is not gold that glitters — no es oro todo lo que reluce [Sp.] — omne ignotum pro magnifico [Lat.].

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