incredulity
noun/ˌɪnkɹɪˈdjuːlɪti/
Etymology
Attested since 1430. From Middle English incredulite, from Old French incredulité, from Late Latin incredulitas, from Latin incredulus (“unbelieving”) + -itas (“-ity”), equivalent to incredulous + -ity.
- derived from incredulus
- derived from incredulitas
- derived from incredulité
- inherited from incredulite
Definitions
Unwillingness or inability to believe
Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
- Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.
- At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.
Religious disbelief
Religious disbelief; lack of faith.
The neighborhood
- synonymincredulousness
- synonymincredulosity
- antonymcredulity
- neighborincredibility
- neighborincredulous
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for incredulity. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA