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incredulousness

noun

Etymology

From incredulous + -ness.

  1. borrowed from incrēdulus — “unbelieving”
  2. suffixed as incredulousness — “incredulous + ness”

Definitions

  1. Incredulity

    Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief

    • Perhaps, one ought not to be surprised that a sudden announcement of success, even though professing to be founded upon the positive testimony of personal observation, should be met by incredulousness.
    • Tim O'Brien, who wrote a novel about war, has captured here the sense of incredulousness and theatricality he had while being shot at in Vietnam.
    • The class responds with grumbling, incredulousness, and the inevitable declaration of disbelief and resistance; "Are you serious?"

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA