| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties | | Division (I) Formation of Ideas | | Section V. Results of Reasoning |
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| 486. Credulity. |
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| NOUN: | CREDULITY, credulousness &c. adj.; gullibility, cullibility [obs.]; gross credulity, infatuation; self-delusion, self-deception; superstition; one’s blind side; bigotry (obstinacy) [See Obstinacy]; hyperorthodoxy [See Heterodoxy]; misjudgment [See Misjudgment].
CREDULOUS PERSON (dupe) [See Dupe].
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| VERB: | BE CREDULOUS &c. adj.; jurare in verba magistri [L.]; follow implicitly; swallow, swallow whole, gulp · down; take on trust; take for -granted, - gospel; take on faith; run away with -a notion, - an idea; jump -, rush- to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green cheese; take -, grasp- the shadow for the substance; catch at straws.
IMPOSE UPON (deceive) [See Deception].
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| ADJECTIVE: | CREDULOUS, gullible; easily deceived [See Deception]; simple, green, soft, childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; overcredulous, overconfident, overtrustful; easy to stuff [slang]; infatuated, superstitious; confiding (believing) [See Belief].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - The wish is father to the thought.
- Credo quia impossibile.—Tertullian
- All is not gold that glitters.
- No es oro todo lo que reluce.
- Omne ignotum pro magnifico.
- And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew.—Goldsmith
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