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noun

Unbelief n.

The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. "Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain."

Synonyms: See Disbelief.

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Etymology of 'Unbelief'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Unbelief" Quotes from Famous Books

... usual, had had been listening attentively to all Mr Skinner had said. He never attempted to argue with him. He had long lost all confidence in the correctness of the notions he had held. Tears filled his eyes. "I believe, help Thou my unbelief," he ejaculated, in a ...

— Janet McLaren - The Faithful Nurse • W.H.G. Kingston

... received with applause by the civilized world. It leaves no ground for the charges in question. It would only destroy the Church to pretend to reform its dogma and revolutionize its discipline and government. Such an idea could proceed from no other source than the stratagems of unbelief, or from the snares of the wolf, who, in sheep's clothing, seeks to insinuate himself into the fold. It is nothing short of sacrilege to hold that religion is susceptible of progress or improvement, as if it were a philosophical discovery, ...

— Pius IX. And His Time • The Rev. AEneas MacDonell

... we knew the bitterness of having our word doubted; no one believed our report. They laughed at us and said we had dreamt it, or that we had heard a mouse, and became so offensive in their unbelief that G. and I rose from the table in a dignified way, and went out to walk ...

— Olivia in India • O. Douglas

... strength flowed away. The hand that supported her head suddenly dropped, and she fell back. The man had been standing over her, speechless, motionless, breathless, like some wretched somnambulist, suddenly awakened in the commission of a crime, and gazing in horror, amazement, and unbelief upon the work ...

— The Missing Bride • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... me when wanted no longer. However, that's done already, if done at all. I was a fool for not acting at once;—a double fool for suspecting her! Ass that I was, to take up with a false scent, and throw myself off the true one! My everlasting unbelief in people has punished itself this time. I might have got a search-warrant three months ago, and had that old witch safe in the bilboes. But no—I might not have found it, after all, and there would have been only an esclandre; and if ...

— Two Years Ago, Volume I • Charles Kingsley

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