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heartcream -> RE: BDSM Attracting...Ghosts...Spirits... (3/28/2009 5:53:41 PM)
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Hmm sometimes it is the word you choose to describe the phenomenon or state of being/mind.
This is from the Thesaurus on my laptop.
"gullible
adjective
he was a swindler who preyed on gullible elderly widows CREDULOUS, naive,
overtrusting, overtrustful, easily deceived, easily taken in, exploitable,
dupable, impressionable, unsuspecting, unsuspicious, unwary, ingenuous, innocent, inexperienced, unworldly, green;
informal wet
behind the ears, born yesterday. ANTONYM suspicious.
THE RIGHT WORD
Some people will believe anything. Those who are truly gullible are
the easiest to deceive, which is why they so often make fools of
themselves. Those who are merely credulous might be a little too quick
to believe something, but they usually aren't stupid enough to act on
it. Trusting suggests the same willingness to
believe a trusting child, but it isn't necessarily a bad way to be
a person so trusting he completely
disarmed his enemies. No one likes to be called naïve because it implies a
lack of street smarts she's so naïve she'd accept a ride from a stranger, but
when applied to things other than people, it can describe a simplicity
and absence of artificiality that is quite charming the naïve style in
which nineteenth-century American portraits were often painted. Most people
would rather be thought of as ingenuous, meaning straightforward and
sincere an ingenuous confession of the truth, because it implies the
simplicity of a child without the negative overtones. Callow, however,
comes down a little more heavily on the side of immaturity and
almost always goes hand-in-hand with youth. Whether young or old,
someone who is unsophisticated suffers because of lack of experience."
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