different between disbelief vs incredulousness

English

Etymology

dis- +? belief.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?sb??li?f/

Noun

disbelief (usually uncountable, plural disbeliefs)

1. Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.

2. Astonishment.

3. The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
   • Laikwan Pang (2002) Building a New China in Cinema: The Chinese Left-wing Cinema Movement, 1932-1937, ?ISBN, page 99: “His later left-wing films prevented any pure and strong emotional attachment between the two sexes from gaining narrative momentum, which might reflect his gradual disbelief in romantic love.”
   • Gloria Neufeld Redekop (2012) Bad Girls and Boys Go to Hell (or not): Engaging Fundamentalist Evangelicalism, ?ISBN, page 246: “Just like the disbelief in Santa Claus happens gradually, I wondered if it was similar for people leaving their faith.”

Synonyms

• incredulity

Antonyms

• belief

Related terms

• misbelief
• unbelief
• disbelieve

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “disbelief”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• disbelief in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “disbelief” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

incredulous +? -ness

Noun

incredulousness (uncountable)

1. (rare) Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief.

Quotations

• 1848, F. Ayrton, "Observations on M. d'Abbadie's Account of his Discovery of the Sources of the White Nile," Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London, vol. 18, p. 48,

  Perhaps, one ought not to be surprised that a sudden announcement of success, even though professing to be founded upon the positive testimony of personal observation, should be met by incredulousness.

• 1986, "Noted With Pleasure," New York Times, 11 May, p. BR47,

  Tim O'Brien, who wrote a novel about war, has captured here the sense of incredulousness and theatricality he had while being shot at in Vietnam.

• 2003, Fletcher Winston, "What if Milgram Controlled Student Grades?", Teaching Sociology, vol. 31 no 2, (Apr), p. 222,

  The class responds with grumbling, incredulousness, and the inevitable declaration of disbelief and resistance; "Are you serious?"

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “incredulousness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• incredulousness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• “incredulousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.