gullibility

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English

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Etymology

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From gullible +‎ -ity.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʌlɪbɪlɪti/, /ˈɡʌləbɪləti/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

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gullibility (countable and uncountable, plural gullibilities)

  1. The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
    • 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian‎[1]:
      What distinguishes the core of the rightwing populist electorate is its gullibility to idiocy-promoting rhetoric against climate science.

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