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Unbelief vs Nonbelief - What's the difference?

unbelief | nonbelief |

Nonbelief is a synonym of unbelief.



As nouns the difference between unbelief and nonbelief

is that unbelief is an absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief while nonbelief is failure to believe; lack of religion.

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

    nonbelief

    English

    Noun

  • (religion) Failure to believe; lack of religion
  • *{{quote-news, 1988, January 15, Name withheld, Movie Politics, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=But of course, heresy and nonbelief are hardly comparable crimes. }}

    Synonyms

    *unbelief

    Related terms

    *nonbeliever