gullibility's Usage Examples:

dog who is characterized by his below-average intelligence and overall gullibility.

schools and has been used in multiple studies demonstrating children's gullibility regarding online sources of information.

Forer attributed the effect to gullibility.

Due to his illiteracy and apparent gullibility he was involved in the case of John Italus, whom his predecessor, Patriarch.

(1984) state that while both words mean "unduly trusting or confiding", gullibility stresses being duped or made a fool of, suggesting a lack of intelligence.

In rhetoric an argumentum ad captandum, "for capturing" the gullibility of the naïve among the listeners or readers, is an unsound, specious argument.

formation, reducing fundamental attribution error, stereotyping, and gullibility.

Victims of investment scams tend to show an incautious level of greed and gullibility, and many con artists target the elderly and other people thought to.

perpetration of the "Good Times" virus hoax as an exercise to "prove the gullibility of self-proclaimed 'experts' on the Internet.

Invariably male, they had a reputation for gullibility and were the butt of many jokes.

William Hogarth, who was notably critical of the medical profession's gullibility.

himself as Mark Cox, who has claimed the hoax was designed to expose the gullibility and scientific illiteracy of global warming skeptics.

guard who is set up in a robbery by a femme fatale who exploits his gullibility and loyalty.

a clever trap of any sort that owes its success to the ineptitude or gullibility of the victim.

that 'Barry' "as comment on the pretensions of the intelligentsia, the gullibility of the media and the stunning incomprehensibility of late-night innovative.

Synonyms:

naivety; naivete; credulousness; naiveness;

Antonyms:

enlightenment; disillusionment; edification; disillusion; sophistication;