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Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?
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Meaning of "gullibility" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GULLIBILITY

gullibility  [ˌɡʌlɪˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GULLIBILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gullibility is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GULLIBILITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gullibility

Gullibility is a failure of social intelligence in which a person is easily tricked or manipulated into an ill-advised course of action. It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence. Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children, the elderly, and the developmentally disabled.

Definition of gullibility in the English dictionary

The definition of gullibility in the dictionary is the quality of being gullible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GULLIBILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
probability
ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GULLIBILITY

gull
gull wing
gull-like
gull-wing
gull-wing door
gullably
Gullah
guller
gullery
gullet
gulley
gullible
gullibly
gullied
gullies
gullish
gully
gulosity
gulp
gulper

WORDS THAT END LIKE GULLIBILITY

agility
credibility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of gullibility in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GULLIBILITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gullibility» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gullibility

Translation of «gullibility» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GULLIBILITY

Find out the translation of gullibility to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gullibility from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gullibility» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轻信
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

credulidad
570 millions of speakers

English

gullibility
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मूर्खता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سذاجة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

доверчивость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

credulidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যেকোনোকিছুকে সত্য বলে ধরে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crédulité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gullibility
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Leichtgläubigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

だまされやすいこと
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gullibility
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phỉnh gạt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏமாந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भोळसटपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

saflık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

credulità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łatwowierność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

довірливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

credulitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευπιστία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

liggelowigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gullibility
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

godtroenhet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gullibility

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GULLIBILITY»

The term «gullibility» is regularly used and occupies the 58.948 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GULLIBILITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gullibility

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4 QUOTES WITH «GULLIBILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gullibility.
1
Richard Cobden
For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.
2
Phil Foglio
One of the characteristics I cherish in my friends is their childlike gullibility, and several excited minutes were spent trying to actually find this book.
3
Keith Henson
Could people be trained to be less gullible? Or are you as stuck with gullibility as you are with skin colour?
4
Walter Kirn
The reason con artists get away with what they get away with is, their victims are ashamed of their own blindness and their own gullibility, and they tend to just quietly go away.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GULLIBILITY»

Discover the use of gullibility in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gullibility and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Annals of Gullibility: Why We Get Duped and How to Avoid It: ...
While there have been earlier books focused on liars and manipulators of all sorts, this is the first to focus on the gullible who are their victims, and how the gullible can become less likely to be taken again.
Stephen Greenspan, 2008
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Gullibility Factor
Gullibility Factor by Peter Yates ©COPYRIGHT 2008 Peter Yates First Published 2009 by Random Cactus ISBN 978-0-9559924-1-4 Rights of Performance are controlled ... Gullibility Factor was first performed at Augustine's at the Edinburgh.
Peter Yates, 2009
3
Cousin Birdlegs: Can Gullibility Really Be Outgrown?
In prose that flows from wacky to wistful, this is a great book for travelers, for teachers, for family read-alouds, and for those who are just desperately in need of a quick reality shift into a world of pure delight.
L. Johnston Lewis, 2008
4
X-Kit Literature Series: FET Animal Farm
Gullibility When you believe everything you are told, you are said to be gullible. Orwell believes that the animals also contribute to their own downfall because they are gullible. They are too easily fooled and so they become easy victims.
George Orwell, 2005
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The Crisis of Religion: The Feral Excesses of the ...
Ojowuro, the Nigerian-born author of "The Crisis of Religion," eloquently uncovers the myriad of dogmatic absurdities and belief redundancies that severely encumbered ethical and natural truth inside of all the world's dominant religions.
Adebowale Ojowuro, 2012
6
The Panic of 2008: Causes, Consequences and Implications for ...
Bubbles are driven by investors' gullibility – unreasonable trust. Investors' trust in prices and behavior rather than their own judgment and knowledge becomes gullibility. Crashes that follow often produce investors' mistrust – extreme and ...
Lawrence E. Mitchell, Arthur E. Wilmarth, Jr., 2010
7
Mental Retardation:: Determining Eligibility for Social ...
... acceptance, communication skills). The dimensions of adaptive behavior and social skills in the Gresham and Elliott model are surprisingly similar to the 10 adaptive skill areas in the 1992 AAMR definition of mental retardation. Gullibility ...
Tracy G. Myers, Daniel J. Reschly, Committee on Disability Determination for Mental Retardation, 2002
8
Out of the Jungle 6th Edition
THE ROOTS OF GULLIBILITY Okay, now let's really get serious. During the long period of development of the early hominids, the integrity of the group must have been essential for survival, but as the spoken language gradually evolved, the ...
Bill Dunbar, 2009
9
Conrad's Western World
The theme is 'gullibility': the gullibility of mankind in the face of modern devices of advertisement which in the story are used to sell the meat-extract Bos; and the gullibility of the working man in the face of anarchist propaganda. The person in ...
Norman Sherry, 1980
10
Hypnosis: Research Developments And Perspectives
Attempts to produce negative attitudes and motivations In an attempt to produce negative attitudes and motivations toward the test situation, Barber and Calverley (1964d) told one group of 16 subjects that they were to be tested for gullibility.
Erika Fromm, Ronald E. Shor, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GULLIBILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gullibility is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cosby mea culpa: I was wrong
There were the critics who said I showed such amazing gullibility that they had some land in Florida they'd like to sell. There were the Mattress ... «The Star Beacon, Jul 15»
2
Christine M. Flowers: Bill Cosby didn't deserve the benefit of the doubt
There were the critics who said I showed such amazing gullibility that they had some land in Florida they'd like to sell. There were the Mattress ... «Lima Ohio, Jul 15»
3
Secrets and Scandals - Reforming Rhode Island 1986-2006 …
He did not mention the RISDIC disaster that had revealed ignorance, gullibility, and many conflicts of interest in the General Assembly. «GoLocalProv, Jul 15»
4
Seeing is believing, and Conor McGregor came up big in his …
And so here's the thing about Conor McGregor, and fighters like him…it's our gullibility that is always at stake. That's what's fun. We know we're ... «MMA Fighting, Jul 15»
5
NEW YORK TIMES' Howell Raines: Insufferable Twittery, Forever!
... the Jayson Blair fraud that his gullibility had enabled. Eleven years later, I particularly recall an item in the following passage wherein Raines ... «VDARE.com, Jul 15»
6
Commentary: Donald Trump and one born every minute
What Hannum meant by that was that Barnum made a fortune by exploiting the gullibility of his audience. Trump has the same dubious gift. «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
7
Column: Bill Cosby didn't deserve the benefit of the doubt
There were the critics who said I showed such amazing gullibility that they had some land in Florida they'd like to sell. There were the Mattress ... «Eagle-Tribune, Jul 15»
8
Commentary: Bill Cosby didn't deserve the benefit of the doubt
There were the critics who said I showed such amazing gullibility that they had some land in Florida they'd like to sell. There were the Mattress ... «Indiana Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Just for clicks
But the more fantastic and ridiculous the claim that's believed, the funnier we find the gullibility. When Jack Warner, former vice-president of Fifa ... «The Statesman, Jul 15»
10
President Mahama must sack Woyongo. His job is untenable.
... government and biases, lack of integrity and gullibility of the media. Elsewhere in a "decent and proper" democracy, Mr Woyongo would have ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»

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