Unbelief
[ʌnbɪ'liːf] or [,ʌnbɪ'lif]
Definition
(n.) The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
(n.) Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Incredulity, distrust, want of belief.[2]. Scepticism, infidelity, disbelief, free-thinking, refusal to believe.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See _BECOMING]
[See _BECOMING]
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Definition
n. want of belief: disbelief esp. in divine revelation.—n. Unbelievabil′ity incapability of being believed.—adjs. Unbeliev′able; Unbelieved′.—n. Unbeliev′er one who does not believe esp. in divine revelation: an incredulous person.—adj. Unbeliev′ing not believing esp. divine revelation.—adv. Unbeliev′ingly in an unbelieving manner.
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Examples
- Do we not all die through your sins, O generation of unbelief, and have we not a right to demand of you repentance and obedience? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Dear Mas'r, pray to the good Lord,--'Lord, I believe; help thou my unbelief. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why, cousin, that mother has been all that has stood between me and utter unbelief for years. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Still, I would gladly change my unbelief for Neligan's faith, and let him make the conditions as hard as he pleased. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The discrepancy confirmed our unbelief. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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