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DISBELIEF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Doubt about the truth of something
Synonyms:
disbelief; incredulity; mental rejection; skepticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("disbelief" is a kind of...):
doubt; doubtfulness; dubiety; dubiousness; incertitude; uncertainty (the state of being unsure of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rejection of belief
Synonyms:
disbelief; unbelief
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("disbelief" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disbelief"):
agnosticism; scepticism; skepticism (the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge)
atheism (a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods)
