mindmap root((CRED)) credence Mental acceptance of something as true or real; belief.
🌱He scoffed and said no one still gives any credence to the story of the Loch Ness monster. 🌳*Credence* is close in meaning to *belief*, but there are differences. Unlike *belief, credence* is seldom used in connection with faith in a religion or philosophy. Instead *credence* is often used in reference to reports, rumors, and opinions. And, unlike *belief*, it tends to be used with the words *give, lack, lend*, and *gain*. So a new piece of evidence may lend credence to the alibi of a criminal suspect. Claims that a political candidate can become the next President gain credence only after the candidate wins a few primaries. And although stories about Elvis sightings persist, they lack credence for most people. credible 1、 Able to be believed; reasonable to trust or believe.
2、 Good enough to be effective.
🌱Because of her past criminal record, the defense lawyers knew she wouldn't be a credible witness. 🌳Credible evidence is evidence that's likely to be believed. A credible plan is one that might actually work, and a credible excuse is one your parents might actually believe. And just as *credible* means "believable," the noun *credibility* means "believability." （But we no longer use *incredible* to mean the literal opposite of *credible*, just as we no longer use *unbelievable* as the literal opposite of *believable*.） Since *cred* is short for *credibility*, "street cred" is the kind of credibility among tough young people that you can only get by proving yourself on the mean streets of the inner city. credulity Readiness and willingness to believe on the basis of little evidence.
🌱Thrillers and action movies only succeed if they don't strain our credulity too much. 🌳A particularly far-fetched story may be said to strain credulity, stretch credulity, put demands on our credulity, or make claims on our credulity. Credulity is a quality of innocent children （of all ages） and isn't always a bad thing; it must have been pure credulity that enabled Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies fans to wait so long for a World Series victory （"This is the year they're going to take it!"）, which probably made life bearable for them. The related adjective is *credulous*.F. Scott Fitzgerald once defined advertising as "making dubious promises to a credulous public." credo 1、 A statement of the basic beliefs of a religious faith.
2、 A set of guiding principles or beliefs.
🌱She claims she made her money on Wall Street just by following the old credo "Buy low, sell high." 🌳*Credo* comes straight from the Latin word meaning "I believe," and is the first word of many religious credos, or *creeds*, such as the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed. But the word can be applied to any guiding principle or set of principles. Of course, you may choose a different credo when you're 52 than when you're 19. But here is the credo of the writer H. L. Mencken, written after he had lived quite a few years: "I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie. I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe that it is better to know than to be ignorant."