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"Credulous" is the boring existing term, I think. I might enjoy "barnummark" or "candidable." Some might use the term "optimist" in this sense. Whether it's f

"Credulous" is the boring existing term, I think. I might enjoy "barnummark" or "candidable." Some might use the term "optimist" in this sense. Whether it's fair or unfair to call them cynics is left as an exercise for the reader.

whatshisface 8y ago
None of those words have the same bite, in that they don't imply the belief is unfounded and probably wrong.
- Izkata 8y ago
  Maybe "naive belief"? Almost rhymes, too, so easy to say/remember.
- ringshall 8y ago
  Credulous does, at least to me. I've always considered it a pejorative term.