incredulousness

English

Etymology

incredulous +‎ -ness

Noun

incredulousness (uncountable)

1. (rare) Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief.

Quotations

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• 1848, F. Ayrton, “Observations on M. d'Abbadie's Account of his Discovery of the Sources of the White Nile,”, in Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, volume 18, page 48:

  Perhaps, one ought not to be surprised that a sudden announcement of success, even though professing to be founded upon the positive testimony of personal observation, should be met by incredulousness.

• 1986 May 11, “Noted With Pleasure”, in New York Times, page BR47:

  Tim O'Brien, who wrote a novel about war, has captured here the sense of incredulousness and theatricality he had while being shot at in Vietnam.

• 2003 Apr, Fletcher Winston, “What if Milgram Controlled Student Grades?”, in Teaching Sociology, volume 31, number 2, page 222:

  The class responds with grumbling, incredulousness, and the inevitable declaration of disbelief and resistance; "Are you serious?"

Translations

incredulity — see incredulity

References

• incredulousness in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “incredulousness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “incredulousness”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.