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disbelief

/dɪsbɪˈliːf/ noun B2
  1. An unpreparedness, unwillingness, or an inability to believe that something is the case. (uncountable) · She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
  2. Astonishment. (uncountable) · I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.
  3. The loss or abandonment of a belief; the cessation of belief. (uncountable)

Plural disbeliefs

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The teenage players stared at each other in disbelief and groaned in frustration.
The Science of Basketball, p. 1 · B2

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