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non-believer

non-believer is the alternative form of nonbeliever.

Meaning of nonbeliever

Noun

nonbeliever (plural nonbelievers)

  1. A person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.
    • The many nonbelievers he interviewed[…] were anything but antireligious, for example. […] At one point, he queries Jens, a 68-year-old nonbeliever, about the sources of Denmark’s very ethical culture.2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022

Forms of non-believer

pluralnon-believers

Origin of non-believer

From non- + believer.

Questions about non-believer

What is non-believer the alternative form of?
Non-believer is the alternative form of nonbeliever.

Words near non-believer in the dictionary

  1. non-backtracking
  2. non-barbaric
  3. non-baryonic dark matter
  4. non-basic
  5. non-Bayesian
  6. non-believer
  7. non-believers
  8. non-believing
  9. non-belligerent
  10. non-belligerents
  11. non-belonging

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