disbelief

disbelief
disbelief (n.) 1670s; see DIS- (Cf. dis-) + BELIEF (Cf. belief). A Latin-Germanic hybrid.

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  • Disbelief — Dis*be*lief , n. The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief. [1913 Webster] Our belief or disbelief… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • disbelief — beim RockTheLake 2007 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • disbelief — index cloud (suspicion), discredit, doubt (suspicion), incredulity, rejection, suspicion (mistru …   Law dictionary

  • disbelief — *unbelief, incredulity Analogous words: atheism, deism (compare nouns at ATHEIST): rejection, repudiation, spurning (see corresponding verbs at DECLINE) Antonyms: belief Contrasted words: faith, credence, credit (see BELIEF) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • disbelief — [n] doubt, skepticism atheism, distrust, dubiety, incredulity, mistrust, nihilism, rejection, repudiation, spurning, unbelief, unbelievingness, unfaith; concepts 21,689 Ant. belief, trust …   New thesaurus

  • disbelief — ► NOUN 1) inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real. 2) lack of faith …   English terms dictionary

  • disbelief — [dis΄bə lēf′, dis′bə lēf΄] n. refusal to believe; absence of belief SYN. UNBELIEF …   English World dictionary

  • disbelief — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, complete, outright, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ widespread ▪ open …   Collocations dictionary

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