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Disbelief

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case. uncountable, usually

    "She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City."

  2. 2
    doubt about the truth of something wordnet
  3. 3
    Astonishment. uncountable, usually

    "I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon."

  4. 4
    a rejection of belief wordnet
  5. 5
    The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief. uncountable, usually

    "There is an agony of suffering in that lingering doubt which haunts the human soul in the beginnings of disbelief."

Etymology

From dis- + belief.

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