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unbelief
un·be·lief
/
ˌʌn
bɪˈlif
/
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[
uhn-bi-
leef
]
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noun
the state or quality of not believing; incredulity or skepticism, especially in matters of doctrine or religious faith.
Origin:
1125–75;
Middle English
unbelefe;
see
un-
1
,
belief
Can be confused:
disbelief
,
misbelief
,
unbelief.
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unbelief
(ˌʌnbɪˈliːf)
—
n
disbelief or rejection of belief
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
unbelief
c.1160, "absence or lack of religious belief," from
un-
(1) "not" +
belief
. Unbelievable is first attested 1548; unbeliever "infidel" is recorded from 1526.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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