English-Thai Dictionary

disbelief

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISBELIEF

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.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISBELIEF

DISBELIEF Dis *be *lief ", n.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disbelief

dis be lief |ˌdisbəˈlēf ˈˌdɪsbəˈˌlif | ▶noun inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real: Laura shook her head in disbelief. • lack of faith in something: I'll burn in hell for disbelief.

 

Oxford Dictionary

disbelief

dis |be ¦lief |dɪsbɪˈliːf | ▶noun [ mass noun ] inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real: Laura shook her head in disbelief. • lack of faith: I'll burn in hell for disbelief.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disbelief

disbelief noun 1 she stared at him in disbelief: incredulity, astonishment, amazement, surprise, incredulousness; skepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiousness; cynicism, suspicion, distrust, mistrust; formal dubiety. 2 in the film religious faith and disbelief are interwoven: atheism, nonbelief, unbelief, godlessness, irreligion, agnosticism, nihilism.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disbelief

disbelief noun 1 she stared at him in disbelief: incredulity, incredulousness, lack of belief, lack of credence, lack of conviction, scepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, questioning, cynicism, suspicion, distrust, mistrust, wariness, chariness; bewilderment, bafflement, surprise, shock, stupefaction, confusion, perplexity. ANTONYMS belief, credence. 2 I'll burn in hell for disbelief: atheism, unbelief, godlessness, ungodliness, impiety, irreligion, agnosticism, nihilism. ANTONYMS faith.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disbelief

dis be lief /dɪ̀sbɪlíːf /名詞 U (真実だと )信じ (られ )ないこと ; «…への » 不信, 疑念 «at , in » (↔belief )▸ stare in utter [total, complete ] disbelief まったく信じられないといった表情で見る susp è nd (one's ) disbel í ef (演劇 映画などを )現実のものだと思い込む ; 作り物であることを忘れる .