Credulity: alternatives and connections

The doctrine, taught by Stahl, that the soul is the proper principle of life and development in the body.

Approbation.

Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal…

easy to believe on the basis of available evidence; "he talked plausibly before the committee"; "he will probably win the election"

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished…

A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite.

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.

Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him…

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.

One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.

The act of dissuading; exhortation against a thing; dehortation.

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to t…

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or jud…

Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracit…