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Misbelief vs Unbelief - What's the difference?

misbelief | unbelief |

As nouns the difference between misbelief and unbelief

is that misbelief is an erroneous belief while unbelief is an absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.

misbelief

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an erroneous belief
  • (religion) a heresy; an unorthodox belief
  • unbelief

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , Mark VI:
  • And he coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at their unbelefe .
  • * 1931 , (William Faulkner), Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 35:
  • On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 781:
  • Soon Spinoza was regarded as the standard-bearer for unbelief , even though pervading his carefully-worded writings there is a clear notion of a divine spirit inhabiting the world, and a profound sense of wonder and reverence for mystery.

    See also

    * disbelief * doubt