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Webster 1913 Edition
Disbelief
Dis-be-lief′
,Noun.
The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Our belief or
disbelief
of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. Tillotson.
Syn. – Distrust; unbelief; incredulity; doubt; skepticism. –
Disbelief
, Unbelief
. Unbelief is a mere failure to admit; disbelief is a positive rejection. One may be an unbeliever in Christianity from ignorance or want of inquiry; a unbeliever has the proofs before him, and incurs the guilt of setting them aside. Unbelief is usually open to conviction; disbelief is already convinced as to the falsity of that which it rejects. Men often tell a story in such a manner that we regard everything they say with unbelief. Familiarity with the worst parts of human nature often leads us into a disbelief in many good qualities which really exist among men. Webster 1828 Edition
Disbelief
DISBELIEF
,Noun.
Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.