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# incredulity

«incredulity» in Mova's school dictionary: **Not being able to believe something; great surprise and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (incredulity — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not being able to believe something; great surprise and disbelief. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#m1)

2) The look or feeling of someone who thinks «that can't be true!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, characters react with incredulity to shocking news or amazing events; it shows on their face (eyes wide, mouth open). In science, healthy incredulity means checking strange claims. Phrases: in incredulity, stare in incredulity, a look of incredulity.

### examples

- She stared at the huge pumpkin in incredulity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x1)
- His face showed pure incredulity when he heard he had won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x2)
- The class listened with incredulity as the teacher said octopuses have three hearts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x3)
- «You did all your homework?» Mum asked with incredulity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x4)
- The news was met with incredulity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x5)
- «A whale is a mammal, not a fish?» he said with incredulity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: «incredulous» (not believing); do not confuse with «incredible» (unbelievable, amazing). A person is incredulous; a story is incredible.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «incredulity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/incredulity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.