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nonbeliever

n. a person who does not believe; especially regarding religion.

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nonbeliever

n. someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity) [syn: disbeliever, unbeliever]

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Nonbeliever

A nonbeliever is a person who lacks a belief in a certain claim. Nonbelievers say that opinions should be formed on the basis of science, logic, and reason, and should not be influenced by authority, tradition, or other dogmas. Nonbelievers tend to have logic-seeking personalities and are unable to believe in anything that is not supported by evidence. Nonbelievers may question religious doctrine, but are not necessarily antireligious.

Socrates was one of the first nonbelievers of whom there are records; he questioned the legitimacy of the beliefs of his time in the existence of the various gods.

Usage examples of "nonbeliever".

A being such as Kwa, if his claims were genuine, would have a superhuman power which he could direct against nonbelievers.

Watching them glitter and shine reminded Bill of the happy Fundamentalist Zoroastrian Winter Solstice Defloration Festival, that the nonbelievers called Christmas, back home.

It is a mutually beneficial deal -- the Church, who carries out much of the removal work, is no longer threatened by nonbelievers -- the Core, who brings the sleep death and carries out the storage in the Labyrinths, gains new circuits in its Ultimate Intelligence network.

Quietly and patiently, as was his way except when frightening nonbelievers with visions of hell and eternal damnation in that roaring lion's voice of his, Josiah Harte had explained how in the old days the unprepared body would sit up.

During the seven years of the Tribulation, Chris­tians will become more persecuted by nonbelievers than at any time before.

Like Paul, the Reverend Swensen had entered the world of the nonbelievers to show them the error of their ways and to bring them truth.

He wanted to come around that bend in the river, he wanted to look on the unsuspecting faces of the nonbelievers, he wanted to sail right into the very heart of them and ignite a jihad that would show the true believers the path.

And if a selected world was populated by inveterate nonbelievers, then genocide was also an option.

But it was odd that a member of the medical profession, which had taken an increasingly agnostic public posture throughout the last few decades, should choose religious art of any kind for his office walls, let alone such obvious denominational art that might offend non-Catholics or nonbelievers.