Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who disbelieves; one who refuses belief; one who denies the truth of some proposition or statement; an unbeliever.
- noun Synonyms Unbeliever, Skeptic, etc. See
infidel
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
disbelieves , one who does notbelieve .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
Etymologies
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Examples
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He is a disbeliever, which is just as bad as being a believer.
Posthuman Blues Mac 2007
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It must be noted that he had had fairly extensive experience of spiritualism; he had made regular experiments with Mrs. Haydon at his brother George's house (the paper on which these are recorded is undated, but it must have been before 1863); he was referred to as a disbeliever in an article in the "Pall Mall Gazette" during January
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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Instead, the man seeking to rescue the children and his fellow citizens from inhumane conditions has been called a disbeliever on national TV.
The Jawa Report 2009
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In a televised session, extremist members of Parliament labeled Mr. Hasid a "disbeliever".
The Jawa Report 2009
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We have yet to determine if anyone in the Conservative fold is a flat-earther or a disbeliever in the germ theory of disease, but at this point who would be surprised?
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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He died on Christmas Day, 1946 — ironically appropriate for a disbeliever who once confessed to be studying the Bible “for loopholes.”
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Everybody right now is a disbeliever in the market, and that will set the context for the next year, but it may not be all that bad, said Vikas Khemani , head of institutional equities at Edelweiss Securities.
India Shares Post First Annual Fall in Three Years Khushita Vasant 2011
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After 20 years on Wall Street, even before the meltdown, he became a disbeliever.
Physics Envy Burton G. Malkiel 2011
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I felt a pull of emotion, if God was going to show himself to a disbeliever like me, he knew exactly how to do so.
Visiting Jesus Katie McCoach 2011
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It doesn't take a black projects deep waters sonar technician to figure out that when one encounters a cynic, they're encountering a disbeliever.
On Coincidences and 'Plot Points:' How to Enter the Astonishing World of Synchronicities 2010
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