nonbeliever

as in atheist
a person who does not believe in something (such as a religious belief) a memorial service that is suitable for both believers and nonbelievers The preacher is trying to convince the nonbelievers.

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Recent Examples of nonbeliever To have a follower recount a feat of superhuman strength, or even an apparition, is hard for a layperson to fathom but has the advantage of having happened in the past and out of the view of nonbelievers. Michelle Weber, Longreads, 8 Nov. 2024 For the believers and nonbelievers, the Pentagon answered whether UFOs or aliens have ever visited Earth, saying there is no evidence. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 17 Oct. 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 The streets of Vatican City are both energized and oppressed with grief as faithful Catholics and nonbelievers consider the life and death, possibly soon, of Christ’s representative on earth. Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nonbeliever
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Noun
  • To match Silicon Valley’s escalating rhetoric, AI skeptics have ramped up their own, like atheists heckling from the pews at Mass.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025
  • Her friends are creatives, and in a country where a cleric is the supreme authority, many of them atheists.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 29 June 2025
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  • Khomeini declared jihad against Kurdish resistance groups, labeling them infidels, separatists and agents of Israel and the United States.
    Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
  • Crowds of armed men thronged the streets in several Syrian cities, chanting for the blood of infidels.
    Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 14 May 2025

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“Nonbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeliever. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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