gullibility; gross credulity, infatuation; self delusion, self
deception; superstition; one's blind side; bigotry &c (obstinacy) 606;
hyperorthodoxy &c 984 [Obs.]; misjudgment &c 481.
credulous person &c (dupe) 547.
V. be credulous &c adj.; jurare in verba magistri [Lat.]; follow
implicitly; swallow, gulp down; take on trust; take for granted, take
for gospel; run away with a notion, run away with an idea; jump to a
conclusion, rush to a conclusion; think the moon is made of green
cheese; take for granted, grasp the shadow for the substance; catch at
straws, grasp at straws.
impose upon &c (deceive) 545.
Adj. credulous, gullible; easily deceived &c 545; simple, green, soft,
childish, silly, stupid; easily convinced; over-credulous, over
confident, over trustful; infatuated, superstitious; confiding &c
(believing) 484.
Phr. the wish the father to the thought; credo quia impossibile [Lat.]
[Tertullian]; all is not gold that glitters; no es oro todo lo que
reluce [Sp.]; omne ignotum pro magnifico [Lat.].