unbelief

Noun

Meaning

The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

paganism heresy doubt rejection skepticism distrust atheism hesitation disbelief infidelity insecurity rationalism mistrust apprehension nihilism
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Antonyms

christianity dane creed catechism credo godliness
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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

skepticism atheism agnosticism scepticism

Examples

Because of unbelief at various points, but especially at Kadesh Barnea (Numbers 14), the Israelites were condemned to wander for forty years in the desert in the vicinity of Kadesh instead of immediately entering the Promised Land. Source: Internet

A visit by the Ghana News Agency to the Keta Market around 1500 hours revealed the unexpected news came dazzling them into a state of unbelief making some wished it away as one of those rumours that ever greeted the country in the past. Source: Internet

Here is the mystery of Talmudic Judaism: the alien and remote conviction that the intellect is an instrument not of unbelief and desacralization but of sanctification." Source: Internet

Benjamin tells his sons that the plates are the only thing keeping the Nephites from dwindling in unbelief like the Lamanites. Source: Internet

Belief through faith is the condition for entrance into the Kingdom of God; unbelief is the condition for exit from the Kingdom of God – not a lack of good works. Source: Internet

Jude then asks the reader to recall how even after the Lord saved his own people out of the land of Egypt, he did not hesitate to destroy those who fell into unbelief, much as he punished the angels who fell from their original exalted status. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unbelated unbeleaguered unbelied unbelievability unbelievable unbelievable strength