What are some opposite words for credulity?

Antonyms for credulity
krəˈdu lɪ ti, -ˈdyu-creduli·ty

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  1. credulitynoun

    Antonyms:
    incredulity

  2. credulitynoun

    Antonyms:
    incredulity

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  1. credulity

    Fanaticism is extravagant or even frenzied zeal; bigotry is obstinate and unreasoning attachment to a cause or creed; fanaticism and bigotry usually include intolerance, which is unwillingness to tolerate beliefs or opinions contrary to one's own; superstition is ignorant and irrational religious belief. Credulity is not distinctively religious, but is a general readiness to believe without sufficient evidence, with a proneness to accept the marvellous. Bigotry is narrow, fanaticism is fierce, superstition is ignorant, credulity is weak, intolerance is severe. Bigotry has not the capacity to reason fairly, fanaticism has not the patience, superstition has not the knowledge and mental discipline, intolerance has not the disposition. Bigotry, fanaticism, and superstition are perversions of the religious sentiment; credulity and intolerance often accompany skepticism or atheism.

    Antonyms:
    cynicism, free-thinking, indifference, latitudinarianism

    Synonyms:
    bigotry, fanaticism, intolerance, superstition

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  1. credulity

    Antonyms:
    incredulity, scepticism, suspiciousness, shrewdness

    Synonyms:
    gullibility, simplicity, acceptativeness, openmouthedness

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  1. credulitynoun

    tendency to believe readily

How to use credulity in a sentence?

  1. Malcolm Muggeridge:

    One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.

  2. Eric Hoffer:

    Our credulity is greatest concerning the things we know least about. And since we know least about ourselves, we are ready to believe all that is said about us. Hence the mysterious power of both flattery and calumny.

  3. Charles Lamb:

    Credulity is the man's weakness, but the child's strength.

  4. Dimitri Christakis:

    We can improve ratings to help parents better screen movies, apps, video programs and games. And despite the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, it strains credulity why prohibiting minors from purchasing games designated as ‘ for adults only ’ by the industry itself is a violation of free speech when the same standard is not applied to pornography or even admission to R-rated movies.

  5. Bertrand Russell:

    One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity is a greater evil in the present day than it ever was before, because, owing to the growth of education, it is much easier than it used to be to spread misinformation, and, owing to democracy, the spread of misinformation is more important than in former times to the holders of power.

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