credulity
Excessive blind faith
Credulity is a readiness to believe things on slight evidence—a kind of intellectual gullibility.
Someone with credulity accepts claims that more skeptical people would question: The scam relied on the credulity of elderly victims.
The word usually implies criticism: the credulous person should know better.
Innocently unsuspecting
- gullibleEasily deceived
- dupableSusceptible to trickery
- swindledDeceived for gain
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
deceived · misled · bamboozled · unsuspecting · overtrusting · exploited · impressionable · ingenuous
Baseless belief in omens
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
misinformation · hoax · rumor · myth · folklore · quackery · snake-oil · charlatan
Freedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- simplicityLack of complexity
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
- childlikeHaving youthful innocence
unworldly · guileless · artless · green · unquestioning · unwary · unseasoned · callow
Intentional misleading of others
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
con-artist · swindler · manipulation · persuasion · influence · indoctrination · brainwashing · gaslighting
naive
Innocently unsuspecting
hoodwinked · deceived · misled · bamboozled · unsuspecting · overtrusting · exploited · impressionable · ingenuous · sucker
superstition
Baseless belief in omens
- gullibilityEase of being deceived
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- pseudoscienceBogus methodology posing as factual
conspiracy · misinformation · hoax · rumor · myth · folklore · quackery · snake-oil · charlatan
innocence
Freedom from wrongdoing
- inexperienceLack of prior exposure
- simplicityLack of complexity
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
childlike · unworldly · guileless · artless · green · unquestioning · unwary · unseasoned · callow · wide-eyed
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- exploitationSelfish use of others
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
fraud · con-artist · swindler · manipulation · persuasion · influence · indoctrination · brainwashing · gaslighting · catfishing
- childlike innocenceinnocence, wonder, curiosity, playfulness, imagination
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
- mental flawsstupidity, ignorance, foolishness, dullness, obtuseness
- unreasonirrationalism, irrationality, unreason, illogic, anti-rationalism
- foolishnessfoolishness, silliness, foolish, stupid, folly
- influenceinfluence, persuasion, sway, clout, leverage
credulityskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
incredulity · disbelief · doubt · distrust · mistrust
credulityworldliness
Secular, experienced outlook
sophistication · discernment · critical thinking · shrewdness · astuteness