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noun

Unbelief n.

The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. "Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain."

Synonyms: See Disbelief.

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"Unbelief" Quotes from Famous Books

... of—" he began blankly; then words failed him, which was just as well. He gulped twice, joy or unbelief choking him. The smile that crept into her face dazzled him; he stared at her in speechless amazement. "Then—then, you are not a duchess or a—" he ...

— Truxton King - A Story of Graustark • George Barr McCutcheon

... Co. Limerick, gives us two stories as he heard them related by Mr. Michael O'Dwyer of the same place. The former is evidently a very strong believer in supernatural phenomena, but he realises how strong is the unbelief of many, and in support of his stories he gives names of several persons who will vouch for the truth of them. With a few alterations, we give the story in his own words: "Mr. O'Dwyer has related how one night, after he had carried ...

— True Irish Ghost Stories • St John D Seymour

... controlled since the beginning of the Christian Era, replies that it does all that can be done for the uplift of humanity. That the church seems to be losing its hold on the masses of people is attributed to a general drift of degenerate humanity towards atheism and unbelief. ...

— What eight million women want • Rheta Childe Dorr

... present deponent would be loth to decide dogmatically; but, if we were implicitly to swallow everything that the old Anglo-Indian in his simplicity assures us he has seen—well, the clergy would have no further cause any longer to deplore the growing scepticism and unbelief of these latter ...

— Falling in Love - With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science • Grant Allen

... in their glory," continued my friend, "you should go into the small towns in the provinces, uncontaminated with railroads or unbelief. There they last several days The stage is the town, the Temple scene takes place in the church, the Judgment at the city hall, and the procession of the Via Crucis moves through all the principal streets. The leading roles are no joke,—carrying fifty kilos of wood over the mud and ...

— Castilian Days • John Hay

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