as in doubts
refusal to accept something as true
their story explaining their absence was met with frank disbelief
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skepticism
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Across Washington, there's a lot of skepticism that Trump's approach, using tough police tactics to solve complex social problems, will work.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
12 Aug. 2025 -
And the prevailing anxiety around this arrangement among professional investors might be working to maintain a helpful reservoir of skepticism the tape can perhaps keep feeding from.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Disbeliefs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disbeliefs. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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