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incredulosity

UK/ɪnˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/US/ɪnˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɑsɪti/

incredulosity noun: incredulity, incredulousness.

Noun

incredulosity (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard) incredulity, incredulousness
    • Ah, evidently this Sherlock "Homles" is another one of your buddies. Shahenshah-e-jasoosee, eh? The faint incredulosity of his voice it has not been my good fortune to hear., Vijay Kumar, “RJGK's SECOND anniversary !!”, in rec.music.indian.misc
    • "A British Agent?^([sic])" Peter asked with all incredulosity, laughing aloud. "Why would Lipton assign a British …" “Because he knew you were infiltrated with RSE Agents – at least one and perhaps two."2005, Dennis Chamberland, chapter 36, in Mars Wars: Abyss of Elysium, Quantum Editions, →ISBN, page 317

Origin of incredulosity

From incredulous + -ity on the model of formations such as curiosity.

Questions about incredulosity

What does incredulosity mean?
Incredulosity means incredulity, incredulousness.
What part of speech is incredulosity?
Incredulosity is a noun.
How do you pronounce incredulosity?
Incredulosity is pronounced /ɪnˌkɹɛd͡ʒəˈlɒsɪti/ (UK).

Words near incredulosity in the dictionary

  1. increditable
  2. incredited
  3. increds
  4. incredulities
  5. incredulity
  6. incredulosity
  7. incredulous
  8. incredulously
  9. incredulousness
  10. increep
  11. increeping

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