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单词 disbelief
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Definition of disbelief in English:

disbelief

noun dɪsbɪˈliːfˌdɪsbəˈlif
mass noun
  • 1Inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real.

    Laura shook her head in disbelief
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is just sickening us all and there's a real sense of disbelief here.
    • His face seemed to dripping with disbelief, rage and sadness all at once.
    • The shock and disbelief was hard to bear, and we were all overwhelmed with grief.
    • To succeed as art, sci-fi and fantasy have to persuade us to suspend our disbelief in the world being conjured up.
    • My first reaction on discovering the burglary was disbelief, indignation and real sadness.
    • It has left everybody I know shaking their heads in disbelief and anger.
    • Why must you always be expected to suspend your disbelief while watching a comedy?
    • There is an instant change from mild anger and heavy annoyance to startled astonishment and disbelief.
    • One only had to look at the bewilderment and disbelief on their faces to gauge what they must be feeling.
    • I like to go to movies to suspend my disbelief for a few hours, and I have to pay for that.
    • They had met the news that the terrorists lived among them with shock and disbelief.
    • His outburst ended with a slight smirk, no doubt at my expression of unrestrained disbelief and anger.
    • The expression on Jessica's face changed, I saw the shock and disbelief, and then sadness.
    • Yesterday parents waiting for their children outside school reacted with fury and disbelief at the news.
    • It must survive rejection or disbelief to either be accepted or at least raise a reasonable doubt.
    • When a diagnosis is made that your loved one has a very serious illness the first reaction is of course shock and disbelief.
    • This intense feeling of disbelief and relief has been a typical reaction in New England.
    • In fact, like any kind of entertainment, it requires a willing suspension of disbelief to make it work at all.
    • The dominant emotional reaction to the letter was shock and disbelief or anger and indignation.
    • No one in her family could believe that she had suffered a stroke at such a young age, but soon their disbelief turned to anger.
    Synonyms
    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
    1. 1.1 Lack of faith.
      I'll burn in hell for disbelief
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He discussed and investigated the philosophical basis and long history of atheism and disbelief.
      • Depending on what aspects of the evidence you choose to stress or underplay, it's not that hard to conclude that belief or disbelief in afterlife is warranted.
      • The results are a measure of belief in human evolution, and disbelief in creation science.
      • Now he is presenting nothing less than an entire history of atheism, and an impassioned argument for disbelief in all things supernatural.
      • Among the different disciplines, disbelief in the existence of God was not correlated with any particular area of expertise.
      Synonyms
      atheism, unbelief, godlessness, ungodliness, impiety, irreligion, agnosticism, nihilism
 
 

Definition of disbelief in US English:

disbelief

nounˌdɪsbəˈlifˌdisbəˈlēf
  • 1Inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real.

    Laura shook her head in disbelief
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I like to go to movies to suspend my disbelief for a few hours, and I have to pay for that.
    • It has left everybody I know shaking their heads in disbelief and anger.
    • To succeed as art, sci-fi and fantasy have to persuade us to suspend our disbelief in the world being conjured up.
    • Why must you always be expected to suspend your disbelief while watching a comedy?
    • My first reaction on discovering the burglary was disbelief, indignation and real sadness.
    • In fact, like any kind of entertainment, it requires a willing suspension of disbelief to make it work at all.
    • They had met the news that the terrorists lived among them with shock and disbelief.
    • No one in her family could believe that she had suffered a stroke at such a young age, but soon their disbelief turned to anger.
    • When a diagnosis is made that your loved one has a very serious illness the first reaction is of course shock and disbelief.
    • Yesterday parents waiting for their children outside school reacted with fury and disbelief at the news.
    • His face seemed to dripping with disbelief, rage and sadness all at once.
    • The shock and disbelief was hard to bear, and we were all overwhelmed with grief.
    • It must survive rejection or disbelief to either be accepted or at least raise a reasonable doubt.
    • The expression on Jessica's face changed, I saw the shock and disbelief, and then sadness.
    • There is an instant change from mild anger and heavy annoyance to startled astonishment and disbelief.
    • This is just sickening us all and there's a real sense of disbelief here.
    • The dominant emotional reaction to the letter was shock and disbelief or anger and indignation.
    • One only had to look at the bewilderment and disbelief on their faces to gauge what they must be feeling.
    • This intense feeling of disbelief and relief has been a typical reaction in New England.
    • His outburst ended with a slight smirk, no doubt at my expression of unrestrained disbelief and anger.
    Synonyms
    incredulity, incredulousness, lack of belief, lack of credence, lack of conviction, scepticism, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, questioning, cynicism, suspicion, distrust, mistrust, wariness, chariness
    1. 1.1 Lack of faith.
      I'll burn in hell for disbelief
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Depending on what aspects of the evidence you choose to stress or underplay, it's not that hard to conclude that belief or disbelief in afterlife is warranted.
      • He discussed and investigated the philosophical basis and long history of atheism and disbelief.
      • Now he is presenting nothing less than an entire history of atheism, and an impassioned argument for disbelief in all things supernatural.
      • Among the different disciplines, disbelief in the existence of God was not correlated with any particular area of expertise.
      • The results are a measure of belief in human evolution, and disbelief in creation science.
      Synonyms
      atheism, unbelief, godlessness, ungodliness, impiety, irreligion, agnosticism, nihilism
 
 
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