disbelief
/dɪsbɪˈliːf
/noun [mass noun]
1Inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real: Laura shook her head in disbelief...
- My first reaction on discovering the burglary was disbelief, indignation and real sadness.
- This is just sickening us all and there's a real sense of disbelief here.
- It must survive rejection or disbelief to either be accepted or at least raise a reasonable doubt.
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
1.1Lack of faith: I’ll burn in hell for disbelief...
- 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.
- Now he is presenting nothing less than an entire history of atheism, and an impassioned argument for disbelief in all things supernatural.
Synonyms
atheism, unbelief, godlessness, ungodliness, impiety, irreligion, agnosticism, nihilism