incredulity

Meanings

• Noun

  A feeling of amazement and disbelief, often in response to something considered to be unbelievable or implausible.

  - "His incredulity turned to shock when he heard the news."
  - "Despite the evidence, she maintained her incredulity about the existence of extraterrestrial life."

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Antonyms

credulity

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Synonyms

incredulousness

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with incredulity
credulity , prudity , solitude

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Variants

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incredulities , incredulity

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'incredulus', meaning 'unbelieving'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'incredulity' contains the same letters as the word 'disbelief'.

2. In the Bible, the term 'unbelief' is used synonymously with 'incredulity'.

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Related Concepts

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1. disbelief: A state of doubting or not believing something.

2. skepticism: A questioning attitude toward received opinion or authority.

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Culture

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In literature, incredulity is often used to build suspense and tension in a story. For instance, it can be seen in Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and Mark Twain's 'The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County'.

How to Memorize "incredulity"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a person with their eyes wide open in amazement and disbelief.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with something unbelievable or implausible.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each word in the definition: I Can't Really Believe Underneath It's Yielding True Inconceivability.

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