unbeliever

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unbeliever

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From un- + believer, perhaps a corruption of earlier wanbeliever (“unbeliever”).

noun unbelievers

  1. One who does not believe, particularly in a deity (used by believers to describe people who do not believe in the same deity or deities as themselves). `Well, I suppose that we must try it,' I said; and the others assented in their various ways - Leo, as though it were the best joke in the world; Job, in respectful disgust; and Mahomed, with an invocation to the Prophet, and a comprehensive curse upon all unbelievers and their ways of thought and t

    Similar: infidel, non-believer, nonbeliever, nullifidian

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@misc{unbeliever_2026,
  title = {unbeliever},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/unbeliever},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}