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credulous
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1984, by Orwell
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- At the beginning he had no feeling except sheer incredulity.†
p. 120.2incredulity = a state of not believingstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incredulity means not and reverses the meaning of credulity. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- All he felt was incredulity and pride.†
p. 120.4
- For how could the fear, the hatred, and the lunatic credulity which the Party needed in its members be kept at the right pitch, except by bottling down some powerful instinct and using it as a driving force?†
p. 133.5credulity = gullibility (being too willing to believe)
- Even the humblest Party member is expected to be competent, industrious, and even intelligent within narrow limits, but it is also necessary that he should be a credulous and ignorant fanatic whose...
p. 192.5 *credulous = more willing to believe than is logical
Definitions:
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(1)
(credulous) gullible (being too willing to believe)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)