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English Dictionary: incredulity by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
incredulity
n
  1. doubt about the truth of something [syn: incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Incredulity \In`cre*du"li*ty\, n. [L. incredu[?]itas: cf. F.
      incr[82]dulit[82].]
      The state or quality of being i[?]credulous; a withholding or
      refusal of belief; skepticism; unbelief; disbelief.
  
               Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is
               the most irrational.                              --Buckminster.
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