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Meaning of UNBELIEF

Pronunciation:  `unbi'leef

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a rejection of belief
 
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 Synonyms: disbelief
 
 Antonyms: belief
 
 See Also: agnosticism, atheism, cognitive content, content, heresy, mental object, scepticism, skepticism, unorthodoxy

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Un`be*lief"\, n. [Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS.
ungele['a]fa.]
1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
2. 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.                                 --Cowper.
Syn: See {Disbelief}.
 

 

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