gullibility.

A tendency to believe claims too readily, especially when they are misleading or false.

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Words that belong together

• exploit gullibility
• remarkable gullibility

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The scheme depended less on ignorance than on the audience's gullibility.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.