disbeliever
/ˌdɪsbɪˈliːvə
/noun
A person who refuses to believe something or who lacks religious faith: she intends to prove the disbelievers wrong...
- The authors concluded by suggesting that believers in a sceptical context and disbelievers in a pro-paranormal context may show depressed performance on subsequent tasks, due to low motivation to perform.
- The disbelievers are now out of control, and believe their ways - ways based on inequality, arrogance etc - are right.
- Somehow or other an extraordinary idea has arisen that the disbelievers in miracles consider them coldly and fairly, while believers in miracles accept them only in connection with some dogma.
Synonyms
unbeliever, non-believer, atheist, non-theist, irreligionist, nihilist;
rationalist;
sceptic, doubter, agnostic, doubting Thomas, questioner, challenger;
cynic, scoffer
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