miscredulity

noun

miscredulity

noun

Etymology From mis- + credulity.

1

Obsolete, Rare Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.

  • As then vve vvould condemn him of much folly, that ſhould profeſs to truſt the Clock rather then the Sun; ſo vve cannot but juſtly tax the miſcredulity of thoſe who vvill rather truſt to the Church then to the Scripture.1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter VI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, pages 22–23:

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