over-credulity
Definition
Noun: Excessive readiness to believe something; the quality of being too trusting or gullible.
Usage Examples
- (His excessive trust made him vulnerable to deception.)
- (The leader took advantage of their extreme willingness to believe.)
- (She cautioned him about his tendency to believe without question.)
Advanced Usage
- "A state of over-credulity": a condition of being excessively trusting.
- In a state of over-credulity, the investor accepted the fraudulent proposal without verifying any details. (The investor was too trusting to check the facts.)
Variants and Related Words
- Credulity (n): a tendency to believe things too easily; gullibility.
- Her credulity made her an easy target for hoaxes. (Her natural trustfulness was exploited.)
- Credulous (adj): having or showing a tendency to believe too readily.
- The credulous child believed every story the stranger told. (The child was too trusting.)
- Over-credulous (adj): excessively ready to believe.
- The over-credulous audience accepted the magician's illusions as real magic. (The audience was too trusting.)
Synonyms
- Gullibility: the quality of being easily tricked or deceived.
- Naivety: lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment, leading to excessive trust.
- Trustfulness: the tendency to trust others without suspicion.
Related Idioms
- "Swallow something hook, line, and sinker": to believe something completely, without any doubt or skepticism.
- He swallowed the fake news hook, line, and sinker, demonstrating his over-credulity. (He believed the false story entirely.)
- "Take at face value": to accept something as it appears, without questioning its truth.
- Her over-credulity caused her to take every promise at face value. (She accepted promises without scrutiny.)