Incredulousness
31atheism — n 1. denial, disbelief, unbelief, unbeliev ingness, incredulity, incredulousness; impiety, im piousness, ungodliness, irreligion, irreligiousness, irreverence, infidelity; apostasy, heresy. 2. skepticism, doubt, Pyrrhonism, nihilism; agnosticism …
32distrust — v 1. mistrust, suspect, be suspicious of, be wary or leery of; shy away from, shrink from, watch out for; doubt, be skeptical of, disbelieve, have one s doubts, have misgivings, wonder about, question. n 2. mistrust, credibility gap, lack of… …
33incredulity — n incredulousness, disbelief, unbelief; distrust, mistrust, suspicion, suspiciousness; skepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness …
34nescience — n 1. ignorance, blissful ignorance, unawareness, unenlightenment, unconsciousness, be nightedness, darkness, blindness; want or lack of knowledge, lack of book learning, lack of schooling, unerudition, illiteracy, illiterateness; inexperience,… …
35skepticism — n doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspicion; disbelief, incredulity, incredulousness; cynicism, negativism, defeatism, defeatist attitude, pessimism; unbelief, agnosticism, Pyrrhonism, minimifidianism …
36suspicion — n 1. distrust, mistrust, credibility gap, lack of confidence or trust; doubt, doubtfulness, dubitation, dubiety, dubiousness, dubiosity; disbelief, unbelief, incredulity, incredulousness; watchfulness, wariness, leeriness, shyness; hesitation,… …
37disbelief — noun Syn: incredulity, incredulousness, scepticism, doubt, cynicism, suspicion, distrust, mistrust Ant: belief …
38incredulous — /ɪnˈkrɛdʒələs / (say in krejuhluhs) adjective 1. not credulous; indisposed to believe; sceptical. 2. indicating unbelief: an incredulous smile. –incredulously, adverb –incredulousness, noun …
39incredulous — adj. (often foll. by of) unwilling to believe. Derivatives: incredulity n. incredulously adv. incredulousness n. Etymology: L incredulus (as IN (1), CREDULOUS) …
