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nonbeliever en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *laubō Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *laubijaną Proto-West Germanic *laubijan Proto-West Germanic *bilaubijan Old English belīefan Middle English bileven English believe Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English believer English nonbeliever From non- + believer.

Meanings

1. A person who does not believe, especially regarding religion.
   • The many nonbelievers he interviewed[…] were anything but antireligious, for example. […] At one point, he queries Jens, a 68-year-old nonbeliever, about the sources of Denmark’s very ethical culture. 2009 February 28, Peter Steinfels, “Scandanavian Nonbelievers, Which Is Not to Say Atheists”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2022:

Forms

Hyponyms

aatheist · aleprechaunist · atoothfairyist · azeusist · aunicornist · afairyist · atheist · asantaist · adragonist

Relateds

unbeliever

Translations (54)

ru неве́рующий (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Nichtglaubender (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Nichtgläubige (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · cs ateista (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · cs nevěřící (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · nl atheïst (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ka ურწმუნო (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · tr inançsız (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · cs ateistka (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pt ateu (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · it ateo (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · es ateo (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Ungläubige (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pl bezwyznaniowiec (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · sv ateist (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ko 비종교자 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pt incrédula (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ko 불가지론자 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · cmn 無神論者 /无神论者 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ro ateu (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ro necredincios (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ko 무신앙자 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · izh uskomatoin (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · fr non-croyant (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pt descrente (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pl niewierzący (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ru неве́рующая (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ro atee (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · yue 無神論者 /无神论者 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ka ათეისტი (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · el άπιστη (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Nichtglaubende (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · sv icke-troende (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · fi uskonnoton (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Nichtgläubiger (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pl niewierząca (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · cmn 无神论者 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ko 무신론자 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ro necredincioasă (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pt incrédulo (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · nl ongelovige (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · el άπιστος (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · it atea (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · fr non-croyante (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · fr athée (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · fi ei-uskova (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · es atea (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ml അവിശ്വാസി (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · de Ungläubiger (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ja 信じない人 (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · ka არამორწმუნე (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · pt atéia (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · es no creyente (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion) · it non credente (a person who does not believe, especially regarding religion)