as in disbelief
refusal to accept something as true
the teacher's incredulity about the claims in the essay proved to be well-founded
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Recent Examples of incredulity
Her growing disenchantment with journalism was accelerated by her incredulity at the rise of Trump, whose inauguration confirmed all of her anxieties about the future of America and the power of her field to shape it.
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Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
But Lee grounds the movie with sympathetic incredulity, and a convincingly earnest willingness to make any sacrifices on behalf of wife and child.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Merchant’s attorney, Avraham Moskowitz, expressed incredulity.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
The overwhelming sensation of watching Mumtaz reconcile herself to a life of domestic drudgery in a Punjabi joint family is one of incredulity: Why does her alabaster skin look like it has never been exposed to the subcontinental sun?
—Hazlitt, 11 Sep. 2024
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Jeremy Gordon, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
But Lee grounds the movie with sympathetic incredulity, and a convincingly earnest willingness to make any sacrifices on behalf of wife and child.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
Merchant’s attorney, Avraham Moskowitz, expressed incredulity.
—Karl Vick, TIME, 23 Sep. 2024
The overwhelming sensation of watching Mumtaz reconcile herself to a life of domestic drudgery in a Punjabi joint family is one of incredulity: Why does her alabaster skin look like it has never been exposed to the subcontinental sun?
—Hazlitt, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Incredulity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incredulity. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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