disbelief

Noun

Meaning

The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

incredulity skepticism unbelief doubt distrust paganism heresy apostasy surprise rejection atheism hesitation infidelity pessimism mistrust
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Antonyms

belief christianity church creed idea sense
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Hypernyms

content doubt dubiety uncertainty doubtfulness dubiousness

Hyponyms

skepticism atheism agnosticism scepticism

Related terms

disbelieve unbelief misbelief

Phrases with the word

suspend one's disbelief in disbelief with disbelief disbelief in god

Examples

As a family, we have faced this major loss with such disbelief and honestly broken-hearted, as the head of the family is no more. Source: Internet

Although her personal quotes show a disbelief of religion, Hurston did not negate spiritual matters as evidenced from her 1942 autobiography Dust Tracks on a Road. Source: Internet

As Payne opens the box, he starts shaking his head, again in disbelief, as tears begin to fill his eyes once he realizes what the students were gifting him. Source: Internet

Almost everything about that pandemic is happening today: disbelief, political downplaying, denial, the spread of the virus. Source: Internet

Alternatively the maker of the hard-to-believe statement may add no shit to reinforce the sincerity or truthfulness of their statement, particularly in response to someone expressing disbelief at their statement. Source: Internet

Another seemed to be confused as he/she remarked, "Wtf is happening," while another user reacted in disbelief, "d-did I read that right?" Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disbarring disbase disbecome disbelief in god disbelievable disbelievably