nonbeliever
Americannoun
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Although he’s been questioning religion since he was 10 years old, he thinks that over time his status as a nonbeliever became too much of a barrier for some members of that group.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his prayer beads and ambled through the streets to join others at the mosque in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023
David is a religious man now, but he used to be a nonbeliever, before the plague.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2023
Henry argued in 1976 that all Christian doctrine can be rationally explained and can persuade any nonbeliever.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2022
He looks at me, a nonbeliever confronted with, if not evidence, then at least the possibility of God.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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