unbelief. doubt
Roget category 485
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.5. Results of reasoning
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#485.
Unbelief. Doubt
noun
unbelief,
disbelief,
misbelief —
discredit,
miscreance† —
infidelity
etc.
(irreligion)
989† —
dissent
etc.
489 —
change of opinion
etc.
484 —
retraction
etc.
607.
doubt
etc.
(uncertainty)
475 —
skepticism,
scepticism,
misgiving,
demure —
distrust,
mistrust,
cynicism —
misdoubt†,
suspicion,
jealousy,
scruple,
qualm —
onus probandi [Lat.].
incredibility,
incredibleness —
incredulity.
[person who doubts]
doubter,
skeptic,
cynic.
—
unbeliever
etc.
487.
verb
disbelieve,
discredit —
not believe
etc.
484 —
misbelieve† —
refuse to admit
etc.
(dissent)
489 —
refuse to believe
etc.
(incredulity)
487.
doubt —
be doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475 —
doubt the truth of —
be skeptical as to
etc.
adj. —
diffide† —
distrust,
mistrust —
suspect,
smoke,
scent,
smell a rat —
have doubts,
harbor doubts,
entertain doubts,
suspicions —
have one's doubts.
demure,
stick at,
pause,
hesitate,
scruple —
stop to consider,
waver.
hang in suspense,
hang in doubt.
throw doubt upon,
raise a question —
bring in,
call in question —
question,
challenge,
dispute —
deny
etc.
536 —
cavil —
cause a doubt,
raise a doubt,
start a doubt,
suggest a doubt,
awake a doubt,
make suspicion —
ergotize†.
startle,
stagger —
shake one's faith,
shake one's belief,
stagger one's faith,
stagger one's belief.
adjective
unbelieving —
skeptical,
sceptical.
incredulous as to,
skeptical as to —
distrustful as to,
shy as to,
suspicious of —
doubting
etc.
v..
doubtful
etc.
(uncertain)
475 —
disputable —
unworthy of,
undeserving of belief
etc.
484 —
questionable —
suspect,
suspicious —
open to suspicion,
open to doubt —
staggering,
hard to believe,
incredible,
unbelievable,
not to be believed,
inconceivable —
impossible
etc.
471.
fallible
etc.
(uncertain)
475 —
undemonstrable —
controvertible
etc.
(untrue)
495.
adverb
cum grano salis [Lat.],
with a grain of salt —
with grains of allowance.
phrase
fronti nulla fides [Lat.] —
nimium ne crede colori [Lat.]
[Vergil];
timeo Danaos et dona ferentes"
[Vergil],
I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts,
beware of Greeks bearing gifts —
credat Judaeus Apella [Lat.]
[Horace];
let those believe who may —
ad tristem partem stenua est suspicio [Lat.]
[Syrus].
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