gullibility
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈɡʌlɪbɪlɪti/, /ˈɡʌləbɪləti/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]gullibility (countable and uncountable, plural gullibilities)
- The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
- 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian[1]:
- What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]quality of being easily deceived
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