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English
Etymology
From mis- + credulity.
Noun
miscredulity (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) Wrong credulity or belief; misbelief.
1648, J Hall, chapter VI, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. , London: Nath Brooke, , published 1654, →OCLC, pages 22–23: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.