Home › Words › C › credulositycredulosity/ˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/credulosity means credulity, credulousness, gullibility.credulosity is pronounced /ˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/.EtymologyFrom credulous + -ity on the model of formations such as curiosity.nouncredulity, credulousness, gullibilitye.g.“But what adequate superlative shall we invent to express the credulity, the credulosity run mad, of those who, in a matter of scientific belief, deliberately accept such odds.” — 1873, William Thomas Thornton, “Recent Phases of Scientific Atheism”, in Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics: With Some of Their Applications, London: Macmillan and Co., page 237:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.credulitiveness 87% match — Credulity. vs credulosity →credulousness 79% match — The characteristic or state of being credulous; credulity vs credulosity →overcredulity 78% match — excessive credulity vs credulosity →credulity 78% match — A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness. vs credulosity →incredulosity 75% match — incredulity, incredulousness vs credulosity →cullibility 73% match — Gullibility. vs credulosity →credulous 71% match — Excessively ready to believe things; gullible. vs credulosity →overcredulously 66% match — In an overcredulous manner. vs credulosity →