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welcome abioh � your moniker looks almost like a typo for aibohphobia - ron (not so) obvious shit thanks for pointing that out. never was too fastidious about my mashing of the keyboard ;D.
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"I have no proof, nor even an expectation that there is any connection."
It depends on what you are trying to say, but I think perhaps 'credulity' misses the mark slightly, and 'gullibility' completely. I connote that these words are intended to convey general properties of the individual and not his reaction or state in a particular circumstance.
"I have no proof of a connection, nor even the weakest evidence. I have, in fact, no rational reason whatever to believe that such a connection exists," or, more simply "I have no justification for believing a connection exists, or simpler still, "There is no indication of a connection."
What sense are you trying to convey? That there really is no connection between these things and one should not believe that a connection exists, or that you believe there is a connection, even though you have no rational justification for your expectation?
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Helen's "gullible" still sounds best.
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't think it's even in the ball park. Well, maybe it's selling beer in the bleachers. Teach me to reply to a post without quoting it. The word I was suggesting wasn't quite on the money was "confidence."
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I am actually seeking a noun, not an adjective
What about a hunch ?
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How about "predisposition"? Predilection seems to refer more to a preference, or liking, while predisposition has more to do with belief.
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The old word 'wont' would probably approximate the sense of what you are wanting (no pun intended) to say, but it is an archaism and therefore not suitable. As in "I have no wont to believe".
What about "no proof, nor any inducement to believe..."
or perhaps "incentive"?
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Wont is archaic? I've used it in the past (and I'm not that old. HA!)
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Howya Darmatage
Me pal Albear Camoo suggested the followen:
"I have no proof, nor am I even prone to believe, there is any connection."
Not quite the noun what yer looken fer, but then again us Teds is apt ta believe that a noun by any other name might well be a adjective.
Or how about
"I have no proof, nor even the susceptibility, there is any connection."
Hope this helps
be seein ya
GT
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