nonbeliever
noun
a person who lacks belief or faith, as in God, a religion, an idea, or an undertaking.
nonbelieving
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a word derived from
nonbeliever.
Example Sentences
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Le Corbusier, who could be described as a nonbelieving Protestant, had one religion, which was architecture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Instead of arguing that the Pledge violates the First Amendment’s establishment clause, they have started arguing that it violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s equal-protection clause, because it presents an occasion for nonbelieving children to be ostracized.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
An urbane and nonbelieving Jew, like Freud, Dr. Gay found in him not only a compelling life and body of work, but an approach to history.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2015
Some communities kept beards to distinguish themselves from their nonbelieving neighbors.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2011
The real problem is I don’t think a photo of a church taken by my nonbelieving ass is the best last thing to leave behind for my seventy followers.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
