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Another word for unbelief

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unbelief

n.

disbelief, doubt, skepticism, incredulity, uncertainty, agnosticism; see also doubt 1, uncertainty 1.

unbelief implies merely a lack of belief, as because of insufficient evidence, esp. in matters of religion or faith; disbelief suggests a positive refusal to believe an assertion, theory, etc. she listened with disbelief to his ridiculous accusations; incredulity implies a general skepticism or disinclination to believe

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Another word for unbelief

noun

The refusal or reluctance to believe:

disbelief, discredit, incredulity, incredulousness. See belief

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Cairns in his Unbelief in the Eighteenth Century).
He whom we hear in the Gathas has had to face, not merely all forms of outward opposition and the unbelief and lukewarmness of adherents, but also the inward misgivings of his own heart as to the truth and final victory of his cause.
The great stress which they laid upon this aspect of Christian truth caused them to be charged with unbelief in the current orthodox views as to the inspiration of the Scriptures, and the person and work of Christ, a charge which they always denied.
The principle of the twofold nature of truth 1 thus embodied in Occam's system was unquestionably adopted by many merely to cloak their theological unbelief; and it is significant of the internal dissolution of Scholasticism.
The decree relative to the Saviour to be appointed and the salvation to be provided is absolute, but the decree relative to the persons saved or condemned is made to depend on the acts - belief and repentance in the one case, unbelief and impenitence in the other - of the persons themselves.

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