incredulity
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of incredulity
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English incredulite, from Latin incrēdulitās; incredulous, -ity
Example Sentences
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In a further appearance in front of MPs the same year, Brittin was met with incredulity when he told them he didn't know how much he got paid.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
Marina de Cudeyo mayor Pedro Perez said there was "indignation, incredulity and sadness" after the apparent robbery of the statue.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
She “renounced her philosophical incredulity in the face of death” and expressed “full confidence in the afterlife in her last writings.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
As Dickens prophetically reminds us, ours is hardly the first age of wisdom and of foolishness, the first epoch of belief and of incredulity.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
My incredulity was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming hastily through a dozen magazines.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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