unbelief
English
Etymology
From Middle English unbilefe, unbileve, equivalent to un- + belief.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ʌnbɪˈliːf/
Noun
unbelief (usually uncountable, plural unbeliefs)
- An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:
- And he coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at their unbelefe.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 35:
- On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 781:
- Soon Spinoza was regarded as the standard-bearer for unbelief, even though pervading his carefully-worded writings there is a clear notion of a divine spirit inhabiting the world, and a profound sense of wonder and reverence for mystery.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Mark VI:
Translations
lack of belief
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