Complete Definition of "incredulity"

English
Etymology
From Old French incredulité, which comes from Latin incredulitas

Noun
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  1. doubt|Doubt about the truth of something; unwillingness to believe; disbelief.

#*1916, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar, ch. 24,
#*:Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity, as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.

  1. rare Religious disbelief.

Synonyms
incredulousness

Related terms
incredulous

Translations
Dutch: ongelovigheid
Spanish: incredulidad

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