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disbeliever

[dis-bi-leev] Origin

dis·be·lieve

[dis-bi-leev] verb, -lieved, -liev·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
verb (used without object)
2.
to refuse or reject belief; have no belief.

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Disbeliever is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
1635–45; dis-1 + believe

dis·be·liev·er, noun
dis·be·liev·ing·ly, adverb

disbelieve, misbelieve.
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disbelieve (ˌdɪsbɪˈliːv)
 
vb (usually foll by in)
1.  (tr) to reject as false or lying; refuse to accept as true or truthful
2.  to have no faith (in): disbelieve in God
 
disbe'liever
 
n
 
disbe'lieving
 
adj
 
disbe'lievingly
 
adv

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disbelieve
1640s, from dis- + believe.
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