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disbeliefs

disbeliefs is the plural of disbelief.

Meaning of disbelief

Noun

disbelief (usually uncountable, plural disbeliefs)

  1. (usually) An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case.
    • She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
  2. (usually) Astonishment.
    • I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.
  3. (usually) The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief.
    • There is an agony of suffering in that lingering doubt which haunts the human soul in the beginnings of disbelief.1885, H. J. Hardwicke, “The God Idea”, in The Agnostic: A Monthly Journal of Liberal Thought, volume 1, page 239

Questions about disbeliefs

What is disbeliefs the plural of?
Disbeliefs is the plural of disbelief.

Words near disbeliefs in the dictionary

  1. disbecame
  2. disbecome
  3. disbecomes
  4. disbecoming
  5. disbelief
  6. disbeliefs
  7. disbelievable
  8. disbelievably
  9. disbelieve
  10. disbelieved
  11. disbeliever

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