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Definition of Disbeliever
1. Noun. Someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity).
Generic synonyms: Nonreligious Person
Specialized synonyms: Atheist, Irreligionist, Materialist
Derivative terms: Disbelieve
Definition of Disbeliever
1. n. One who disbelieves, or refuses belief; an unbeliever. Specifically, one who does not believe the Christian religion.
Definition of Disbeliever
1. Noun. One who disbelieves, one who does not believe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disbeliever
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disbeliever
Literary usage of Disbeliever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Christian Religion by George Park Fisher (1886)
"to give to any disbeliever or doubter a more enlightened conception of the religion
of Christ, and to diminish prejudices which often spring from incorrect ..."
2. Plato and the Times He Lived in by Jan Willem Gerbrandt van Oordt (1895)
"Socrates surely was neither a disbeliever in divine power, nor a corrupter of
youth; but he certainly was one of those who, with the Euripides of the Frogs, ..."
3. The Theological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Religious Thought and Life by Charles Beard (1865)
"... will not condemn the disbeliever in all religion, unless his disbelief is the
result of a pollution or a deadening of his moral nature. ..."
4. The Church at Home and Abroad by Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A, General Assembly (1888)
"He was a disbeliever in Christianity, and was, as he regarded himself, intelligent
and philosophical in his disbelief. After some years spent in foreign ..."
5. My Prisons: Memoirs of Silvio Pellico by Silvio Pellico (1889)
"The Pretender gives a brief sketch of his life. — Was not an atheist, but a
disbeliever in Christianity. ..."
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