nonbeliever
noun
non·be·liev·er
ˌnän-bə-ˈlē-vər 
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The desire to bring back a traditional Muslim way of life from before the French arrived—with the implications this held for the role of women or nonbelievers—became the animating force of the uprising and the essential purpose of throwing off colonialism.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
There are all kinds of labels to describe nonbelievers.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
While the occasional skeptic or nonbeliever can brush off Reynolds’ proclamations as nonsense, plenty of people take them at face value, either agreeing with a patently untrue premise or attempting to put their own spin on it.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024
Chalamet’s delicate features take on a haunted sharpness as Paul hopes to earn what his mother, the Bene Gesserit priestess Jessica, would rather manipulate into being by converting nonbelievers.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
They had been told that they were being questioned only in order to segregate the prison wards according to believers and nonbelievers and their affiliations.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
Seated in a circle around her, their faces lit by a crackling campfire, 20 nonbelievers listened with reverent attention.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Of course, there’s always the chance of religious minorities and nonbelievers being mis-holidayed, but reasonable people should be able to overlook that, assuming it’s not done out of malice.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
The enduring challenge for any activist is both to dream of almost-unimaginable justice and to make the case to nonbelievers that your dreams are practical.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2023
Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
There are all kinds of labels to describe nonbelievers.
—Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 10 Mar. 2024
While the occasional skeptic or nonbeliever can brush off Reynolds’ proclamations as nonsense, plenty of people take them at face value, either agreeing with a patently untrue premise or attempting to put their own spin on it.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024
Chalamet’s delicate features take on a haunted sharpness as Paul hopes to earn what his mother, the Bene Gesserit priestess Jessica, would rather manipulate into being by converting nonbelievers.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
They had been told that they were being questioned only in order to segregate the prison wards according to believers and nonbelievers and their affiliations.
—Kasra Naji, Foreign Affairs, 17 Aug. 2016
Seated in a circle around her, their faces lit by a crackling campfire, 20 nonbelievers listened with reverent attention.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
Of course, there’s always the chance of religious minorities and nonbelievers being mis-holidayed, but reasonable people should be able to overlook that, assuming it’s not done out of malice.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
The enduring challenge for any activist is both to dream of almost-unimaginable justice and to make the case to nonbelievers that your dreams are practical.
—Elizabeth Barber, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2023
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“Nonbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonbeliever. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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