credulous
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Madison, Hamilton, et al. would wonder at our credulous view of human nature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
It’s because, compared with institutions, retail investors are credulous, vulnerable to hype, and given to hanging on to a stock long after institutions have done the math on an underperforming investment and exited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The three‑act farce tells the story of a credulous father whose obsession with astrology leads him to force his young daughter to marry an old wigmaker.
From Barron's ● May 4, 2026
After a round of credulous reporting, we finally got the debunkings that far fewer people will read: This wasn’t a real delivery.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2026
The key value that took the place of credulous piety was politeness, which was the great preoccupation of writers in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing credulous
Believe It or Not: Cred
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Grade 11, List 3
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