"unbelief" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʌnbɪˈliːf/ [UK] Audio: en-us-unbelief.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: unbeliefs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unbilefe, unbileve, equivalent to un- + belief. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unbilefe}} Middle English unbilefe, {{m|enm|unbileve}} unbileve, {{pre|en|un|belief|id1=negative}} un- + belief Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} unbelief (usually uncountable, plural unbeliefs)
  1. An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: disbelief [noun], doubt Translations (lack of belief): ἀπιστία (apistía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), неве́рие (nevérie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 不信仰 (bù xìnyǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), 不信 (bùxìn) (Chinese Mandarin), ongeloof [neuter] (Dutch), malkredeco (Esperanto), nuteƒemawɔmawɔ (Ewe), incrédulité [feminine] (French), Unglaube [masculine] (German), ainchreideamh [masculine] (Irish), éigreideamh [masculine] (Irish), neamhchreideamh [masculine] (Irish), 不信心 (fushinjin) (alt: ふしんじん) (Japanese), incredulitas [feminine] (Latin), كفر (küfr) (Ottoman Turkish), неве́рие (nevérije) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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