What's the difference between disbelief and unpersuasion?
Disbelief
Definition:
(n.) The act of disbelieving;; a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.
Example Sentences:
(1) Almost a year on, I am still shaking my head in disbelief.
(2) When the meltdown occurred, there was a sense of utter disbelief.
(3) He drops his racquet in disbelief and the pair of them embrace at the net.
(4) I spoke to a lot of parents yesterday, who were obviously expressing their shock and disbelief at what had happened, but the message I was getting was ‘what can we do to support each other’.” “We’ve had this incident, which is beyond words, but I would urge parents to seek comfort that this is something that could never have been anticipated in a million years.
(5) And there's disbelief when he describes the moment ex-model Rachel Tatton-Brown (or "the hottest totty in town" as Evans describes her) pulled him in a club.
(6) Powell said the atmosphere in the saleroom went from excitement, to disappointment – as various bidders dropped out – to disbelief at the rocketing price.
(7) Jill Treanor (@jilltreanor) Matt Damon joked as starts with golden globe speech he didn't give ... Before talking of his disbelief about lack of clean water January 21, 2014 Updated at 5.34pm GMT 5.24pm GMT Key event To summarise, the key message from the Pope is that Davos must make serious progress on fixing the economic system, and that business leaders must become more focused on fixing the world's problems.
(8) Even worse, in many forces there is a damaging culture, based on a lack of training and understanding, in which the experiences of victims are minimised and treated with disbelief.
(9) Your blissfully suspended disbelief comes crashing back down to marketing-strategised reality.
(10) Hospital staff who attended the baby during his admission experienced the same traumatic reactions as families of SIDS victims, ie, shock, disbelief, anger, guilt, fear, blaming, sadness, and behavioral manifestations.
(11) Updated at 2.12pm BST 8.36pm BST Malaysia has greeted news of the MH17 crash with disbelief and horror, Tania Branigan reports from Beijing.
(12) What started as a swell of anger and disbelief among doctors has changed into something else.
(13) Variables related to the abuse and to the family's functioning are examined to determine if particular circumstances are too threatening to mothers, resulting in their disbelief.
(14) Residents responded in disbelief to the Russian allegation.
(15) Outside, where anti-Mubarak protesters and the family members of those killed were separated off from a pro-Mubarak rally by thousands of riot police and armoured personnel carriers, revolutionaries reacted with disbelief and rage as the full implication of the judge's words became apparent.
(16) Gathers no Moss Inspired by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, director Mike Figgis filmed his latest digital work, Suspension of Disbelief , in Highgate, London.
(17) Some laughed at the comments but as the attacks from the stage continued, there were gasps and some voices could be heard expressing disbelief.
(18) Some added notes of disbelief that such seemingly unnecessary panic could spread so quickly.
(19) Is it any wonder so many in the US and around the world have responded with disbelief, with anger, with outrage to Trayvon's death?
(20) Little more than 50 years on, however, it is the setting for a chaotic and demeaning political battle that has even long-term parliament watchers shaking their heads in disbelief.
Unpersuasion
Definition:
(n.) The state of not being persuaded; disbelief; doubt.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some may legitimately (if unpersuasively) argue that the government could rightfully suspend its UNCRC obligations because austerity measures, from the benefits cap to Sure Start cuts , were a temporary necessity to tackle an economic crisis.
(2) Nonetheless, the arguments for Trident’s retention and replacement look increasingly unpersuasive.
(3) The National was perhaps cowed by its structure and large cast, which includes "5,000 red indians – optional", so his last work had a reading at the Royal Court and a surprise, but unpersuasive, premiere in September 2010 at the little Jermyn Street theatre off Piccadilly Circus.
(4) Brexit debate in parliament would give game away to Brussels, says minister Read more The only thing at all eye-opening about the column, for those of us who don’t read him regularly, is how bad it is: strewn with references that range from irrelevant to plain wrong, unpersuasive, linguistically childish, structurally shambolic.
(5) This paper reviews objections to the proposal to allow parents of anencephalics to donate their infant's organs for transplantation and finds them unpersuasive.
(6) The administration appears to be relying on the same unpersuasive theory it used to avoid War Powers Resolutions scrutiny during its months-long bombings of Libya in 2011.
(7) It said that evidence submitted by Texas in support of its claim that the law was not discriminatory – and was necessary to combat voter fraud – was "unpersuasive, invalid, or both".
(8) Collet's (1989) doubts regarding the efficacy of principal component analysis (PCA) as a tool in the study of event-related brain potentials (ERPs) are unpersuasive.
(9) "Overall, Mr Morgan's attempt to push back from his own bullish statement to the Press Gazette was utterly unpersuasive," said Leveson in his report on the culture, practices and ethics of the press, published on Thursday.
(10) He and Gordon Brown left a pretty unpersuasive crop of next generation leaders too; hence the choice of the oldest candidate last September.
(11) Money on screen is all well and good, but not if your recreated past is unpersuasive.
(12) These Brexit net-gain scenarios are ultimately unpersuasive because they identify the benefits of leaving but not the additional costs.
(13) But these, for the most part, are unpersuasive concerns, of minority or peripheral interest.
(14) I gave as much as I possibly could there from my memory.” Yet the judge called Morgan’s assertion that he had no knowledge of alleged phone hacking “ utterly unpersuasive ”.
(15) M. Segers and G. Annas' (Hastings Center Report, August 1977) criticisms of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent abortion decisions are thought to be unpersuasive.
(16) Lord Justice Leveson has described former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan's assertion that he had no knowledge of alleged phone hacking as "utterly unpersuasive", and said the practice may well have occurred at the title in the late 1990s.
(17) I find his hectoring communicative style unpersuasive and inappropriate and, if this is a vision of post-publication review in the future, God help us.
(18) Our analysis also shows that the tying claims are generally unpersuasive.
(19) Meadows said he found some of the emotive and strong language used by police as not supported by the evidence while other elements were weak and unpersuasive.
(20) There are some days I could cheerfully dangle my client by the ankles out the window.” Actors call on Amnesty to reject plans backing decriminalisation of sex trade Read more After her first foray into the industry while a student (a decision she can’t really explain fully, saying unpersuasively that she was inspired by Cynthia Payne), she was outed by a tabloid newspaper (her parents were “surprised”).