OVERCREDULOUS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

overcredulous

adjective

Definition of overcredulous

as in uncritical

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Adjective

Research published in 2024 in the Journal of Political Ideologies similarly describes patriotism as being associated with commitment to democratic ideals and community, while nationalism is often conceptualized as a more exclusionary and uncritical attachment to the nation.

— Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
To an uncritical eye, the messages might have seemed like a harmless attempt at motivating a team.

— Hettie O'Brien, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of uncritical

Adjective

In 1972, Joyce Carol Oates wrote a letter to the New York Times Book Review questioning a credulous review of Castaneda’s books.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
Room for Disagreement My colleague (OK, editor) Laura McGann notes that US coverage of the Iran war has been less credulous of the official government line.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 June 2026

Definition of credulous

Adjective

Colocousis said people who think scam victims like him are gullible idiots don’t understand the sophistication of criminal organizations behind online fraud.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
However, several of the sequences, including the scenes between Imani and Layla, as well as the more violent and action-based ones, are so far removed from reality that even the most gullible viewers won’t take them seriously.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2026

Definition of gullible

Adjective

There’s the intelligence of her positioning for all three, but particularly the third, with Shaw putting space between herself and Kerolin at the top of Spurs’ 18-yard box to seem totally unsuspicious to the two Spurs defenders who should know better.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Gerger quoted from a transcript of Mirhashemi’s interviews with the feds, including Mirhashemi suggesting that Legends and OVG had unsuspicious—and lawful—reasons to join forces.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025

Definition of unsuspicious

Adjective

However, people with weakened immune systems or certain underlying health conditions may be more susceptible to infection.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Cooking Oils Cooking oils high in unsaturated fats, such as olive, walnut, and flaxseed oils, are among the pantry items most susceptible to heat damage.

— Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 1 July 2026

Definition of susceptible

Adjective

The Cubs were the subsequent, unsuspecting victims of a 5-1 ambush.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Shocking video appeared to show unsuspecting shoppers looking at grocery items seconds before the roof collapsed, sending a large amount of water gushing into the business.

— Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of unsuspecting

Adjective

The cyclical reality awaiting ‘naive capital’ Allianz is far from the only insurer to have prospered through recent upheavals.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
But performing fealty to that naïve and impoverished picture of judging had become nearly de rigueur for both liberals and conservatives.

— Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

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