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an excessive readiness to believe claims without sufficient evidence
The fraudulent scheme depended on the credulity of investors who never checked its promises.
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From Middle English credulite, borrowed through French from Latin credulitas, from credulus (ready to believe). The same Latin family produced credulous and credence.