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disbelief::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | incredulity, mental rejection, skepticism |
| Type of | uncertainty, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unbelief |
| Type of | mental object, cognitive content, content |
| Has types | agnosticism, scepticism, atheism, skepticism |
Examples of disbelief
disbelief
Residents peered down from the upper to the lower part of the road in disbelief.
From the cnn.com
After reading some letters in the Letters section, I shake my head in disbelief.
From the ocregister.com
Even now, tax lobbyists still shake their heads in disbelief at the 1986 reform.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Edsall grinned, shook his head in disbelief and blushed as the audience laughed.
From the thestate.com
One older man shook his head, seemingly in disbelief, as he was escorted inside.
From the post-gazette.com
The gigantic figure is being received with a combination of anger and disbelief.
From the businessweek.com
The suspension of disbelief required here happens almost before the book begins.
From the washingtonpost.com
It just kept going higher and higher, causing gasps of disbelief in our dug-out.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Still, viewers willing to suspend disbelief are in for a sunny, funny good time.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Incredulity: doubt about the truth of something
- Unbelief: a rejection of belief
- (disbelieving) denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion; "a skeptical approach to the nature of miracles"
- Disbelief (sometimes decapitalized to "disbelief") is a metal band from Hesse, Germany. Their music is rooted in death metal, but has melancholic tendencies.
- Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case; astonishment
- A position which asserts that a proposition is false. This is technically a "positive" position on any matter, and, like belief, must shoulder a burden of proof if it is to be proven. cf. unbelief.
- Amusement among office workers upon discovering new manager used to wear no socks and Wimbaways on nights out and used to shake clasped hands whilst dancing.
