incredulity
English
/ˌɪnkɹɪˈdjuːlɪti/
noun
Definitions
- Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
- (rare) Religious disbelief, lack of faith.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French incredulité derived from Latin incredulitas, incredulus (unbelieving).
Origin
Latin
incredulus
Gloss
unbelieving
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- crēdulus Latin
- incredulitas Latin
- incredulus Latin
- incredulità Italian
- incrédule French
- incrédulité French
- incredulidad Spanish, Castilian
- incredulidade Portuguese
- incredulité Old French