🔪 Betrayal 🙏 No belief 💔 Infidelity

unfaith

9.9

Lack of belief in religious or moral ideas

noun
/ʌnˈfeɪθ/

Archaic

: incredulidad

They exist in the murky middle between belief and disbelief, between faith and unfaith.

Examples

No matter your faith or unfaith, the point of choosing a partner in this life isn't 'because you're supposed to.'

Blog text (28)
Many people struggle with feelings of unfaith during difficult times in their lives.
The group's discussion centered on the concept of unfaith and its implications for their beliefs.
His unfaith led him to question the moral principles he had always followed.

Synonyms

atheism

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198 5.8

To not believe that God or gods exist

is a more general lack of belief or moral doubt not asserting gods nonexistence

disbelief

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A feeling when you do not think something is true

is specific to religious or moral lack of belief rather than general nonacceptance

unbelief

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Not accepting religious ideas about gods

is broader, applying to religious or moral doubt not only religion

godlessness

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A lack of belief in God or religion

is broader, covering lack of belief or moral doubt beyond only belief in God

nonbelief

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A lack of belief in God or other religious ideas

covers a wider lack of belief or moral doubt beyond only gods

irreligion

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Not following or believing in any religion

is mainly about personal lack of belief rather than institutional rejection

irreligiousness

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9.3

The state of not believing in God or following a religion

is a general lack of belief or moral feeling presented as a condition

irreligiosity

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A lack of religious belief or practice

is about general lack of belief or moral doubt without implied opposition

nonreligion

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Not having religious beliefs or belonging to any religion

focuses on lack of belief rather than formal absence of affiliation

Antonyms

belief

∞ 1.1

A feeling that something is true even without proof

faith

118 1.8

Loyalty to a person or cause that you keep despite problems

How Faithful

devotion

22 4.6

belief

∞ 1.1

unfaith

Archaic

9.9

doubt

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

unfaith singular

unfaiths plural

Morphology

unfaith = faith (transparent) = un + faith

A straightforward negation of 'faith' in the sense of religious belief; learners who know 'faith' and the prefix 'un-' will readily infer this meaning.

Etymology

Unfaith comes from un- ('not') and faith ('belief'), so it means 'not believing' and is used for a loss of religious or moral belief.