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unbelief

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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un·be·lief /ˌʌnbəˈliːf/ noun [uncountable]  literaryRR a lack of religious belief, or a refusal to believe in a religious faith 无信仰;不信(宗教) disbelief
Examples from the Corpus
unbeliefBut the New Testament is strongly against doubt itself and stronger still against unbelief.Blougram does not suggest that there is no difference between belief and unbelief.The former can point to the great difference between doubt and unbelief and the latter to the great similarity.And how is it related to faith and unbelief?And Gabriel struck him dumb, for his unbelief.Christians have stood firm against a flood of unbelief but have failed to notice its more subtle effects.As faith is the opposite of unbelief, health is the opposite of death.
un·be·lief nounChineseSyllable
lack a to a or religious of belief, Corpus refusal


unbelief
unbelief /ˌʌnbəˈliːf, ˌʌnbɪˈliːf/ noun [uncountable]
literary a lack of religious belief, or a refusal to believe in a religious faith ⇨ disbelief


un·beliefBrE /ˌʌnbɪˈliːf/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌnbɪˈliːf/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (formal) lack of belief, or the state of not believing, especially in God, a religion, etc. (对上帝的)不相信;无(宗教)信仰   compare belief (3) , disbelief