What does disbelief mean?

Definitions for disbelief
ˌdɪs bɪˈlifdis·be·lief

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejectionnoun

    doubt about the truth of something

  2. unbelief, disbeliefnoun

    a rejection of belief

Wiktionary

  1. disbeliefnoun

    Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

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

  2. disbeliefnoun

    astonishment

    I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disbeliefnoun

    Refusal of credit; denial of belief.

    Etymology: from disbelieve.

    Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing. John Tillotson, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. Disbelief

    Disbelief (sometimes decapitalized to "disbelief") is a German heavy metal band from Hesse. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.

ChatGPT

  1. disbelief

    Disbelief is a mental state or attitude of refusing or rejecting to accept or trust something as true, credible, or valid. It often occurs when presented with information or situations that seem improbable, illogical, or inconsistent with one's existing knowledge, beliefs, or expectations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disbeliefnoun

    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

Wikidata

  1. Disbelief

    Disbelief is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disbelief in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disbelief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of disbelief in a Sentence

  1. Yvette King:

    I’m angry, disbelief, I’m hurt, i’m really having a hard time with this. Like I said, I’m more so in disbelief that my daughter is gone. It’s like a dream and I’m going to wake up. They took my daughter.

  2. Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi:

    If he is capable to wage individual jihad in the Western countries that fight Islam -- such as America, Britain, France, Canada, and others of the countries that represent the head of disbelief in waging war against Islam ... If he is capable of that, then that is better and more harmful.

  3. Gary Zimmerman:

    Like everyone else, I'm just in disbelief that this could happen. He was my client and my friend.

  4. Don Henley:

    We are all in a state of shock, disbelief and profound sorrow, i'm not sure I believe in fate, but I know that crossing paths with Glenn Lewis Frey in 1970 changed my life forever, and it eventually had an impact on the lives of millions of other people all over the planet.

  5. The Pope:

    It is undeniable that some in the past, out of irresponsibility, disbelief, lack of training, inexperience, or spiritual and human short-sightedness, treated many cases without the seriousness and promptness that was due, that must never happen again.

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