credulity
noun/krɪˈdjuːləti/
/krɪˈduːləti/
[uncountable] (formal)- the ability or the wish to believe that something is real or true
- The plot of the novel stretches credulity to the limit (= it is almost impossible to believe).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + credulity- strain
- stretch
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