different between disbelief vs irreligion

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

From French irréligion, from Latin irreligionem.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /????l?d??n/
• Rhymes: -?d??n

Noun

irreligion (usually uncountable, plural irreligions)

1. The state of being irreligious; irreligious sentiment or thought.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I:

     Lucretius' irreligion is too strong, / For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food […]

   • 1967, Theodor R. Sizer, Nicholas Wolterstoff, Religion and Public Education (page 5)

     When we put this idea together with that of the other prescription, we see that what the two together demand is that, with respect to their religions and irreligions, all men shall stand before the government as equals.

Translations

See also

• unreligion

Middle French

Noun

irreligion f (plural irreligions)

1. irreligion