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Princeton's WordNet

  1. credulousness, gullibilitynoun

    tendency to believe too readily and therefore to be easily deceived

Wiktionary

  1. gullibilitynoun

    The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.

Wikipedia

  1. Gullibility

    Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence.Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled.

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  1. gullibility

    Gullibility refers to a person's tendency or susceptibility to easily believe or trust information, statements, or claims, often without proper or sufficient evidence. It usually implies a lack of skepticism, awareness, or critical thinking and may result in the individual being easily deceived or manipulated.

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  1. Gullibility

    Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence. Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gullibility in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gullibility in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of gullibility in a Sentence

  1. Mark Leibovich:

    One of my peeves is that the press always says, 'Oh, well, the voters are just frustrated and angry.' And they just use those stupid graveyard words over and over again. I mean, what we're talking about here in the Republican Party is, I would say ... racism, gullibility. I mean, words that are less flattering than frustrating and angry.

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