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Incredulity meaning

  1. Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
  2. Religious disbelief; lack of faith.

Synonyms of Incredulity

disbelief skepticism mental rejection doubt uncertainty incertitude dubiety doubtfulness dubiousness

Using Incredulity

  • The main meaning on this page is: Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief. | Religious disbelief; lack of faith.
  • Useful related words include: disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection, doubt.
  • In the example corpus, incredulity often appears in combinations such as: with incredulity, of incredulity, incredulity that.

Context around Incredulity

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 5 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Incredulity

  • In this selection, "incredulity" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, consternation, increasing, sparked, discontent, scarcely and today stand out and add context to how "incredulity" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include amount of incredulity and antisemitism but incredulity. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "incredulity" sits close to words such as aboriginals, abstractly and accidentals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with incredulity

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Incredulity that this place held me for so long. (9 words)

Naturally, the announcement triggered a certain amount of incredulity. (9 words)

Miss Utah, Sharlene Wells, a decision greeted with ‘consternation, incredulity, discontent’. (11 words)

Jamie isn’t one for excuses either, gradually shedding his shell as Pellerin supplies the angst, irritation, and incredulity necessary to open his eyes to a reality unfiltered by empty talk of those as insecure and uncertain as he. (39 words)

Although I was often met with incredulity when I told others I'd never before received a massage, Serenity Spa director Ryan Super-Peterson said first-timers are "pretty common," averaging a few a week. (35 words)

However my surprise turned to incredulity as I read Mr Stevenson’s claim that the UK’s first-past-the-post voting system “nearly always ensures the formation of a strong and stable government”. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

Heading off the field, Tompkins, leaving for a HIA, looked baffled, with a smile borne out of incredulity.

He asked her not to see me any more and, to my incredulity, she agreed.

However my surprise turned to incredulity as I read Mr Stevenson’s claim that the UK’s first-past-the-post voting system “nearly always ensures the formation of a strong and stable government”.

Miss Utah, Sharlene Wells, a decision greeted with ‘consternation, incredulity, discontent’.

Afterward, Whitmer extended the stay-at-home directive, which Keller reflects on with incredulity.

I mean it would be our 58th anniversary and every anniversary we used to try and do something with increasing incredulity… That humour, I do miss a lot.

Incredulity that this place held me for so long.

The controversial Russian painting of Barney Crockett sparked incredulity on social media and reignited a row over the expensive tradition.

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When South Africa filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice this month, the reaction here was not just anger and charges of antisemitism, but incredulity.

But my helpless look in their direction, waving three banknotes in the air, is met with incredulity.

But on the touchline, Tuchel wears a look of stunned incredulity, scarcely able to believe the amount of time De Roon was given to advance on the PSG box and line up his shot.

Heinsohn’s constant incredulity at any and all calls that left the Celtics at a disadvantage was both his character and a caricature.

Miranda - the self-proclaimed biggest Yankee fan - couldn't even get over the incredulity of it all.

Then I read with incredulity today that Sen. Mike Lee, rallying a crowd of mostly Latter-day Saint voters in Arizona, encouraged voters to think of Trump as Captain Moroni.

When we asked trans people whether they had received any government support during the pandemic, many responded with incredulity.

Russian talk show hosts, meanwhile, are expressing incredulity at the fact that a sitting U.S. president can’t apparently manage to keep his would-be secrets secret.

Although I was often met with incredulity when I told others I'd never before received a massage, Serenity Spa director Ryan Super-Peterson said first-timers are "pretty common," averaging a few a week.

Jamie isn’t one for excuses either, gradually shedding his shell as Pellerin supplies the angst, irritation, and incredulity necessary to open his eyes to a reality unfiltered by empty talk of those as insecure and uncertain as he.

Naturally, the announcement triggered a certain amount of incredulity.

Arguments from incredulity assume that one's own deductive logic is the ultimate, universal scale upon which all ideas must be judged.

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Common combinations with incredulity

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "incredulity" in a sentence?
An example: "Heading off the field, Tompkins, leaving for a HIA, looked baffled, with a smile borne out of incredulity." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "incredulity" from authentic English texts.
What does "incredulity" mean?
Incredulity means: Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
What are synonyms of "incredulity"?
Common synonyms of "incredulity" include: disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection, doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "incredulity" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "incredulity", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.