User:JimWae/Disbelief

Encarta
- dis·be·lief noun,
  - feeling of not believing: the feeling of not believing or of not being able to believe somebody or something

Ask Oxford
- dis·be·lief noun
  - 1 inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real.
  - 2 lack of faith.

Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 10th Edition
- dis·be·lief
  - noun - the act of disbelieving : mental rejection of something as untrue
- dis·be·lieve
  - transitive verb : to hold not worthy of belief : not believe
  - intransitive verb : to withhold or reject belief

Cambridge International Dictionary of English
- disbelief
  - noun [U] the refusal to believe that something is true:
    - His response was one of complete disbelief.
    - She shook her head in disbelief.
- disbelieve
  - verb [I or T] FORMAL
    - Do you disbelieve (= not believe) me?
    - They said that they disbelieved the evidence

Wiktionary
- Noun disbelief (plural: disbeliefs)
  - the difficulty, inability, or refusal to believe something
    - My sister cried out in disbelief when she heard that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
- See also unbelief n

The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
- disbelief
  - noun 1. a lack of belief; refusal or unwillingness to believe.
    - Synonyms incredulity , denial (3) , skepticism (1,3)
    - Crossref. Syn. discredit
    - Similar Words distrust , unbelief , doubt , agnosticism {agnostic (n)} , repudiation {repudiate} , dubiety , nihilism
    - Related Words amazement

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
- dis·be·lief
  - NOUN: Refusal or reluctance to believe.

Infoplease Dictionary
- disbelief n.
  - 1. the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
  - 2. amazement; astonishment: We stared at the Taj Mahal in disbelief.

Dictionary.com
- disbelief noun
  - 1. the inability or refusal to believe or to accept something as true.
  - 2. amazement; astonishment: We stared at the Taj Mahal in disbelief.
    - Origin: 1665–75; dis + belief

UltraLingua English Dictionary
- disbelief n.
  - 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.
- disbelieve v. disbelieved ◊ disbelieving ◊ disbelieves
  - To reject as false; refuse to accept;
- disbeliever n. disbelievers
  - One who refuses to believe (as in a divinity);
- disbelieving adj.
  - Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion;

Cambridge Dictionary of American English
- dis·be·lief noun [U]
  - the refusal to believe that something is true
    - He shook his head in disbelief when I told him about the crash.

Online Plain Text English Dictionary
- dis·be·lief (n.)
  - 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
- Dis*be*lief" (?), n.
  - 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.
    - Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson.
    - No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness that disbelief in great men. Carlyle.
    - Syn. -- Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. -- Disbelief, Unbelief.
      - Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men.

Rhymezone
- dis·be·lief
  - noun: doubt about the truth of something
  - noun: a rejection of belief

AllWords.com Multi-Lingual DictionaryWebster's 1828 Dictionary
- dis·be·lief (noun)
  - 1. Inability or refusal to believe something.
    - Example: They looked at us in disbelief
    - Thesaurus: skepticism, distrust, rejection, incredulity, suspicion, mistrust, doubt, dubiety; Antonym: belief.
    - Etymology: 17c.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
- dis·be·lief (n)
  - [dis and belief.] Refusal of credit or faith; denial of belief.
    - Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper
- The noun disbelief has 2 senses
  - 1. (3) incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection -- (doubt about the truth of something)
  - 2. unbelief, disbelief -- (a rejection of belief)
    - Hyponyms of noun disbelief
      - Sense 2
        unbelief, disbelief -- (a rejection of belief)
        agnosticism, skepticism, scepticism -- (the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge)
        
        atheism -- (a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods)
    - Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun disbelief
      - 2 senses of disbelief
      - Sense 1
        incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection -- (doubt about the truth of something)
        doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness -- (the state of being unsure of something)
      - Sense 2
        unbelief, disbelief -- (a rejection of belief)
        content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
    - Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun disbelief
      - 2 senses of disbelief
      - Sense 1
        incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection -- (doubt about the truth of something)
        doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness -- (the state of being unsure of something)
        
        mental reservation, reservation, arriere pensee -- (an unstated doubt that prevents you from accepting something wholeheartedly)
        
        misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion -- (doubt about someone's honesty)
        
        incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection -- (doubt about the truth of something)
        
        indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution -- (doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; ``his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost )
        
        peradventure -- (doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case; ``this proves beyond peradventure that he is innocent )
        
        suspense -- (an uncertain cognitive state; ``the matter remained in suspense for several years )
      - Sense 2
        unbelief, disbelief -- (a rejection of belief)
        content, cognitive content, mental object -- (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
        
        tradition -- (an inherited pattern of thought or action)
        
        object -- (the focus of cognitions or feelings; ``objects of thought"; "the object of my affection )
        
        food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment -- (anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking)
        
        noumenon, thing-in-itself -- (the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception)
        
        universe, universe of discourse -- (everything stated or assumed in a given discussion)
        
        topic, subject, issue, matter -- (some situation or event that is thought about; ``he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police )
        
        issue -- (an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; ``the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues )
        
        idea, thought -- (the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about; ``it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind )
        
        kernel, substance, core, center, centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-gritty -- (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; ``the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story )
        
        wisdom -- (accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment)
        
        representation, mental representation, internal representation -- (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
        
        belief -- (any cognitive content held as true)
        
        unbelief, disbelief -- (a rejection of belief)
        
        heresy, unorthodoxy -- (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)
        
        goal, end -- (the state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; ``the ends justify the means )
        
        education -- (knowledge acquired by learning and instruction; ``it was clear that he had a very broad education )
        
        experience -- (the content of direct observation or participation in an event; ``he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly )
        
        acculturation, culture -- (all the knowledge and values shared by a society)
        
        lore, traditional knowledge -- (knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote; ``early peoples passed on plant and animal lore through legend )
        
        ignorance -- (the lack of knowledge or education)
        
        knowledge domain, knowledge base, domain -- (the content of a particular field of knowledge)
        
        metaknowledge -- (knowledge about knowledge)

LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
- dis·be·lief (n.)
  - 1.[n] doubt about the truth of something.
    - Synonyms skepticism incredulity mental_rejection
    - Related terms Type of doubt
  - 2.[n] a rejection of belief.
    - Synonyms unbelief
    - Opposite belief
    - Example: agnosticism atheism heresy