disbeliefn.
/dɪsbɪˈliːf/ The action or an act of disbelieving; mental rejection of a statement or assertion; positive unbelief.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > disbelief, incredulity > [noun]
untrust?c1225
misbelief1340
misfaitha1382
misbeliefnessc1390
discredence?a1475
miscredit1565
discredit1567
infidelity1578
unconvincedness1642
disbelieving1645
scepticism1646
unbelief1649
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
misbelieving1737
disfaith1870
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [noun]
unbeliefc1160
wantruthc1175
mislevea1200
doubta1225
untrothc1380
untruthc1380
unreligiositya1382
irreligiosity1382
unbelieffulnessc1384
unfaithfulness1388
unbelievinga1400
unfaith1415
wanbelevenessc1440
wanbelievingc1440
wantrowinga1450
wanbelevea1470
mistruthc1480
infidelity1509
incredulity1532
atheonismc1534
unbelievingness1561
irreligiousness?1577
faithlessness1579
unreligiousness1579
atheism1587
scruple1600
discredence1627
doubtinga1628
disbelieving1645
atheisticalness1654
diffidelity1659
disbelief1672
atheisticness1691
nothingism1755
scepticism1800
nihilisma1817
infidelisma1834
nothingarianism1842
agnosticism1870
disfaith1870
no-Goddism1931
1672 Bp. J. Wilkins Of Princ. Nat. Relig. i. iii. (R.) Those who will pretend such kind of grounds for their disbelief of any thing.
a1694 J. Tillotson Wks. (1820) I. 371 Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.
1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth iii. 201 I have, I think, but just reasons for my disbelief.
1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vii. 246 Your good sense, Adeline, I think, will teach you the merit of disbelief.
1865 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Rationalism I. i. 12 A disbelief in ghosts and witches was one of the most prominent characteristics of scepticism in the seventeenth century.
1874 W. B. Carpenter Princ. Mental Physiol. (1879) ii. xx. 699 [They] will drift away into either vague unbelief or absolute disbelief.
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