uncritically

Accepting without question

Uncritically means without questioning, analyzing, or exercising judgment: He accepted the claims uncritically.

The word often carries a note of disapproval—suggesting someone should have been more skeptical or discerning: She uncritically repeated everything she read online.

accepting

unquestioningly

Without seeking justification

wholesale · automatically · passively · readily · willingly · receptively · openly · trustingly · unhesitatingly · unconditionally

unreflective

thoughtlessly

Without care or reflection

superficially · shallowly · carelessly · heedlessly · inattentively · incuriously · dogmatically · mechanically · robotically · automatically

gullible

credulously

With excessive trustfulness

unwarily · ingenuously · simple-mindedly · innocently · guileless · childishly · wide-eyed · foolishly · unguardedly · vulnerably

Opposites
evaluative scrutiny

uncriticallycritically

With serious judgment

skeptically · analytically · discriminatingly · questioningly · judgmentally

intellectual rigor

uncriticallycarefully

With deliberate attention

rigorously · thoughtfully · acutely · meticulously · deliberately

intellectual skepticism

uncriticallyskeptically

With doubt or distrust

critically · dubiously · questioningly · suspiciously · incredulously

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