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
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.
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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
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Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonbeliever
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To the materialist atheist, these may not be serious considerations, but to the romantic who looks to signs and follows them to a happy ending, these are cosmic breadcrumbs that feed us, but may also lead us to the door of the witch who brews soup with children’s bones.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Sep. 2025
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Karen came from a big Catholic family; Greg was an atheist and, like many atheists, proud of it.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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During the Crusades, the Inquisition, and countless pogroms, Jews were demonized as infidels who refused to abandon their faith, even under threat of death.—
Avi Weiss,
New York Daily News,
10 Aug. 2025
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Some Muslim men believe that the reward for killing infidels is 72 virgins in the afterlife.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Nonbeliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeliever. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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