unbelief

American  

[uhn-bi-leef] / ˌʌn bɪˈlif /

noun

1. the state or quality of not believing; incredulity or skepticism, especially in matters of doctrine or religious faith.

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unbelief British  

/ ˌʌnbɪˈliːf /

noun

1. disbelief or rejection of belief

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Etymology

Origin of unbelief

1125–75; Middle English unbelefe; un- ¹, belief

Example Sentences

“Our job is to provide an alternative to show that a life of unbelief can be, and usually is, fulfilling and productive,” she told the students.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021

For some, this struggle just leads back to unbelief.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2021

For all its vocal profession of unbelief, Gray finds this type to be nothing but “a hollowed-out version of the Christian belief in salvation in history.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

Romans 11:23 says, “If they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 17, 2015

They were still looking at him with consternation and unbelief when the minister rose and introduced him in rich, rolling tones whose very unction served to increase the visitor's insignificance.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner