Gullibility

Noun CEFR C1

ɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪti

Definitions

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

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcredulidad ingenuidad tragaderastragaderos

Françaiscrédulité

DeutschGutgläubigkeit Leichtgläubigkeit

13 more languages

العربيةالسذاجة سذاجة

Българскидоверчивост лековерие

Češtinadůvěřivost

Ελληνικάαγαθοπιστία αφέλεια ευπιστία

Suomiherkkäuskoisuus hyväuskoisuus sinisilmäisyys

Galegocredulidade

עבריתתמימות

Latinacredulitas

Македонскилековерност

Nederlandslichtgelovigheid

Portuguêscredulidade

Русскийдоверчивость наи́вность простодушие

Svenskagodtrogenhet lättrogenhet

Examples

“What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

gullible gullibleness Gullibly Gullick Gullickson Gullied

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