incredulosity

noun
/ɪnˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/UK/ɪnˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɑsɪti/US

Etymology

From incredulous + -ity on the model of formations such as curiosity.

  1. borrowed from incrēdulus — “unbelieving
  2. formed as incredulosity — “incredulous + -ity

Definitions

  1. incredulity, incredulousness

    • Ah, evidently this Sherlock "Homles" is another one of your buddies. Shahenshah-e-jasoosee, eh? The faint incredulosity of his voice it has not been my good fortune to hear.
    • "A British Agent?^([sic])" Peter asked with all incredulosity, laughing aloud. "Why would Lipton assign a British …" “Because he knew you were infiltrated with RSE Agents – at least one and perhaps two."
    • The partner´s feelings sway from joy because of their partner´s sobriety through doubt whether they´ll make it to outright incredulosity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for incredulosity. 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