mis·be·lieve

(mĭs′bĭ-lēv′)

intr.v. mis·be·lieved, mis·be·liev·ing, mis·be·lieves

v.intr.

Archaic To hold a false or erroneous belief or opinion, especially in religious matters.

v.tr.

1. Archaic To believe falsely or erroneously in (a doctrine or opinion, for example).

2. To refuse to believe; disbelieve.

mis′be·liev′er n.

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misbeliever

(ˈmɪsbɪˈliːvə)

someone who accepts a false or unorthodox belief

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Noun

misbeliever - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church

heretic, religious outcast

castaway, outcast, pariah, Ishmael - a person who is rejected (from society or home)

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``Back, dog!'' said the Grand Master; ``I touch not misbelievers, save with the sword.

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Is he an unbeliever or a misbeliever? The answer that Collier's poems provide is that the question is unresolvable.

AT ODDS WITH HUMILITY

She covers objects of investigation, research to date, and preliminary considerations; techniques of approach; heathens, pagans, misbelievers--core lexemes within the lexico-semantic field of the misbeliever; and misbeliers in context--a historio-pragmatic approach to "pagan" terminology.

Heathens, Pagans, Misbelievers: A Lexico-Semantic Field Study and Its Historio-Pragmatic Reflections in Texts From the English Middle Ages

You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, and spit on my Jewish Aberdeen.

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Sarai, playing the Abramic role of anxious action, is the principal misbeliever here, while Abram, hardly standing as the exemplary "Master" of the household (18.2, cf.

Abraham and Oedipus: paradigms of comedic and tragic belief

In The Merchant of Venice, Shylock is anguished at being considered as lowly as a dog: "You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine," cries the moneylender.

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According to Baer, in Arabic a kafir is "an atheist," rather than a misbeliever or infidel.

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