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unbelief

noun/ʌnbɪˈliːf/

What It Means

An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.

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Unbelief in Context

“On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.”

— 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 35

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From Middle English unbilefe, unbileve, equivalent to un- + belief.

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