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disbelief|dɪsbɪˈliːf|
[f. dis- 9 + belief.]
The action or an act of disbelieving; mental rejection of a statement or assertion; positive unbelief.
1672Wilkins Nat. Relig. i. iii. (R.), Those who will pretend such kind of grounds for their disbelief of any thing. a1694Tillotson (J.), Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. 1696Whiston Th. Earth iii. (1722) 277, I have, I think, just reasons for my Disbelief. 1791Mrs. Radcliffe Rom. Forest vii, Your good sense, Adeline, I think, will teach you the merit of disbelief. 1865Lecky Rationalism I. i. 12 A disbelief in ghosts and witches was one of the most prominent characteristics of scepticism in the seventeenth century. 1874Carpenter Ment. Phys. ii. xx. (1879) 699 [They] will drift away into either vague unbelief or absolute disbelief. |