英:['əʊvə'kredjʊləs]
美:['oʊvə'kredʒʊləs]
英:['əʊvə'kredjʊləs]
美:['oʊvə'kredʒʊləs]
adjective
credulous to an excessive degree : overly inclined to believe something especially on slight or uncertain evidence
Because believing in a fake hazard is less harmful than failing to believe in a real one, evolutionarily speaking, we should err on the side of being overcredulous about threats.—Matthew Hutson
The first known use of overcredulous was in 1579
1 Either he sought to deceive the gullible, or, as is more likely, was himself overcredulous.
2 These facts make it seem probable that the Jack-o'-lantern and his companion, the Will-o'-the-wisp, are stories of the overcredulous.
3 Contradictory circumstances he had noted intruded, uninvited, to challenge overcredulous conclusions concerning her.