disbelief

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   inability or refusal to accept that something is true or real

   She stared in disbelief at the wreckage that had once been her home.

A 17th-century formation from dis- ('not, reversal') plus belief; belief is from Middle English bileve, from Old English gelēafa ('faith, trust'), of Germanic origin, related to believe and love.

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