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disbelief

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dis·be·lief  (dsb-lf)
n.
Refusal or reluctance to believe.
disbelief [ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf]
n
refusal or reluctance to believe
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.disbeliefdisbelief - doubt about the truth of something  
incredulity, mental rejection, skepticism
doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty - the state of being unsure of something
2.disbeliefdisbelief - a rejection of belief                
unbelief
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
scepticism, skepticism, agnosticism - the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge
atheism - a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
disbelief
Translations
disbelief [ˌdɪsbəˈliːf] N → incredulidad f
in disbelief → con incredulidad
disbelief [ˌdɪsbɪˈliːf] n → incrédulité f
in disbelief → avec incrédulité
to suspend disbelief → accepter les invraisemblances
disbelief
n → Ungläubigkeit f; (Rel) → Unglaube m; in disbelief → ungläubig
disbelief [ˈdɪsbəˈliːf] n → incredulità
in disbelief → incredulo/a
disbelief [ˈdɪsbəˈliːf] n → incredulità
in disbelief → incredulo/a


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There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations, and at the last one pause: --through infancy's unconscious spell, boyhood's thoughtless faith, adolescence' doubt (the common doom), then scepticism, then disbelief, resting at last in manhood's pondering repose of If.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
In this view belief is not a positive phenomenon, though doubt and disbelief are so.
The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand View in context
Yet -- I take shame to be forced to confess it -- my brother has not yet grasped the nature of the Third Dimension, and frankly avows his disbelief in the existence of a Sphere.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
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