noun · uncountable · rare

incredulity

недоверчивость, недоверие

Ungläubigkeit

Unwillingness or inability to believeUnwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

/ˌɪnkɹɪˈdjuːlɪti/

» The lover listened with obstinate incredulity.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable, usually)Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
Ungläubigkeit
недове́рчивостьnedovérčivostʹ, недове́риеnedovérije
doubt about the truth of something
(rare, uncountable, usually)Religious disbelief; lack of faith.
Ungläubigkeit
неве́риеnevérije

Examples

2 sentences

The lover listened with obstinate incredulity.
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An appeal to common sense is a type of argument from incredulity, a logical fallacy.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something:

religious disbelief:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

unwillingness to believe; doubt about the truth of something:

Origin

Attested since 1430. From Middle English incredulite, from Old French incredulité, from La

Attested since 1430. From Middle English incredulite, from Old French incredulité, from Late Latin incredulitas, from Latin incredulus (“unbelieving”) + -itas (“-ity”), equivalent to incredulous + -ity.

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