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NONBELIEVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonbeliever mean?
• NONBELIEVER (noun)
The noun NONBELIEVER has 1 sense:
1. someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
Familiarity information: NONBELIEVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who refuses to believe (as in a divinity)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("nonbeliever" is a kind of...):
nonreligious person (a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonbeliever"):
atheist (someone who does not believe in the existence of a god)
irreligionist (someone who is indifferent or hostile to religion)
materialist (someone who thinks that nothing exists but physical matter)
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