Incredulity
[ɪnkrə'djuːlətɪ] or [,ɪnkrə'djʊləti]
Definition
(n.) The state or quality of being i/credulous; a withholding or refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Unbelief, disbelief, distrust, scepticism, want of belief.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See CREDULITY]
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Examples
- Expressions of incredulity and surprise, which he could not repress, interrupted me several times before I had done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I say precisely what you say,' replied Fogg, with a smile of incredulity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So paradoxical and inoperative did this seem at first that it was met with incredulity, and not until repeated demonstrations established the fact was it accepted as an operative device. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Miss Stepney, in the beginning, had not meant to bring up this point; but Mrs. Peniston had only her own incredulity to blame. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Louisa faintly uttered some word of incredulity and surprise. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- At first France looked with incredulity and suspicion on the Wrights’ claims. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I should not have intruded it upon your attention had you not shown some incredulity the other day. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The gentleman, however, seeing perhaps the look of incredulity upon my face, opened a pocket-book and took out a note. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- And when we express our incredulity concerning any fact, we mean, that the arguments for the fact produce not that feeling. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- At first an expression of terror overspread the features of the woman who confronted me--then startled incredulity--hope--thanksgiving. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Miss Blenker took this with a cheerful incredulity. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He remarked their incredulity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He even looked at her with a smile of affected incredulity. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Oh, yes, I am not joking, he continued, seeing my look of incredulity. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I warn you of incredulity beforehand. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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