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Indignation vs Incredulity - What's the difference?

indignation | incredulity |

As nouns the difference between indignation and incredulity

is that indignation is an anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice while incredulity is unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.

indignation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An anger aroused by something perceived as an indignity, notably an offense or injustice.
  • A self-righteous anger or disgust.
  • incredulity

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Unwillingness or inability to believe; doubt about the truth or verisimilitude of something; disbelief.
  • * 1916 , Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar , ch. 24:
  • Wide went her eyes in wonder and incredulity , as she beheld this seeming apparition risen from the dead.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}
  • (rare) Religious disbelief, lack of faith.
  • Synonyms

    * incredulousness

    Antonyms

    * credulity