| Pronunciation: | `unbi'leef | ||
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| Matching Terms: | unbelievable, unbelievably, unbelieved, unbeliever, unbelieving, unbelievingly | ||
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| Definition: | [n] a rejection of belief | ||
| Synonyms: | disbelief | ||
| Antonyms: | belief | ||
| See Also: | agnosticism, atheism, cognitive content, content, heresy, mental object, scepticism, skepticism, unorthodoxy | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Un`be*lief"\, n. [Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS. ungele['a]fa.] 1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism. 2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. --Cowper. Syn: See {Disbelief}. | ||
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