What does credulosity mean?
Credulosity means (uncommon) credulity, credulousness, gullibility.
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/ˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/ · noun
(uncommon) credulity, credulousness, gullibility.
But what adequate superlative shall we invent to express the credulity, the credulosity run mad, of those who, in a matter of scientific belief, deliberately accept such odds.
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[…] further, since those members of the audience who perceive the lie will soon go elsewhere for their information, the “credulosity quotient” of the remaining audience tends to rise.
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Credulosity means (uncommon) credulity, credulousness, gullibility.
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But what adequate superlative shall we invent to express the credulity, the credulosity run mad, of those who, in a matter of scientific belief, deliberately accept such odds.
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