Open Dictionary
mouse here to listen, click to choose/add more
Location: USA
Source: Learn That Word
Profile URL: www.learnthat.org

Are you a native English speaker? How do you pronounce this word?

Thank you for contributing!
upload mp3 file or record now it's easy, promised!

{%type%} Definitions

WordNet 3.0Copyright Princeton University
{%wordnet%}
Definitions.net
{%definitions_com%}

Videos

Short "hint"

n. - The trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others.

edit
Usage examples (12)
  • Adjective : a trusting child
  • Kate had rapidly grown old; the look of radiant happiness and trustingness was gone.
  • That rottenness counts on the trustingness as well as the apathy and/or cynicism of individual citizens.
  • From the dictionary, perfidy is defined as "violation of a trust reposed", "from phrase per fidem decipere 'to deceive through trustingness'", "calculated violation of...
...click for more
Tutoring comment


Tutoring comment not yet available...

add more
The Open Dictionary of English is a collaborative project, based on Open Source materials, LearnThat resources, and partner APIs.
We give special thanks to our LearnThat volunteers, as well as Princeton University and Wiktionary for their Open Source word data. We're also grateful for the support given by Google, Wordnik.com, Dictionary.com, Stands4.com and YouTube, OEDILF.com, Kylescholz.com, Best-Practice.com, Forvo.com, as well as the generous Creative Commons community.