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ˌʌn bɪˈlifun·be·lief

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  1. unbeliefnoun

    Doubt is a lack of conviction that may refer either to matters of belief or to matters of practise. As regards belief, while doubt is lack of conviction, disbelief is conviction, to the contrary; unbelief refers to a settled state of mind, generally accompanied with opposition of heart. Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent. Perplexity presses toward a solution; doubt may be content to linger unresolved. Any improbable statement awakens incredulity. In theological usage unbelief and skepticism have a condemnatory force, as implying wilful rejection of manifest truth. As regards practical matters, uncertainty applies to the unknown or undecided; doubt implies some negative evidence. Suspense regards the future, and is eager and anxious; uncertainty may relate to any period, and be quite indifferent. Misgiving is ordinarily in regard to the outcome of something already done or decided; hesitation, indecision, and irresolution have reference to something that remains to be decided or done, and are due oftener to infirmity of will than to lack of knowledge. Distrust and suspicion apply especially to the motives, character, etc., of others, and are more decidedly adverse than doubt. Scruple relates to matters of conscience and duty.

    Synonyms:
    disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, suspicion, uncertainty

    Antonyms:
    assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, persuasion, resolution, resolve

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. unbelief, disbeliefnoun

    a rejection of belief

    Synonyms:
    disbelief, incredulity, skepticism, mental rejection

    Antonyms:
    belief

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  1. unbeliefadjective

    Synonyms:
    incredulity, distrust, want of belief

  2. unbeliefadjective

    Synonyms:
    scepticism, infidelity, disbelief, free-thinking, refusal to believe

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  1. unbeliefnoun

    Synonyms:
    incredulity, skepticism, doubt, infidelity, distrust, suspicion

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How to use unbelief in a sentence?

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it Dogen Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul unbelief, denying them.

  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul unbelief, in denying them.

  3. Phaedrus:

    There is danger in both belief and unbelief.

  4. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg:

    With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another.

  5. Blaise Pascal:

    If we let ourselves believe that man began with divine grace, that he forfeited this by sin, and that he can be redeemed only by divine grace through the crucified Christ, then we shall find peace of mind never granted to philosophers. He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.


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