vantrú
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See also: vantru
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From van- (“too little, lacking in, short of”) + trú (“religion, believe; faith”), from Old Norse vantrú. Cognates with Danish vantro.
Noun[edit]
vantrú f (genitive singular vantrúar, no plural)
- disbelief, a lack of faith
- no confidence, a lack of confidence
- Ég hef vantrú á þessu.
- I have no confidence in this.
Synonyms[edit]
- (lack of fatih): trúleysi
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “lack of faith”): trúgirni
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- meðferðarvantrú (nihilism, therapeutic nihilism)
- vantrúa
- vantrúaralda
- vantrúarauga
- vantrúarblandinn
- vantrúarbros
- vantrúarfullur
- vantrúarglott
- vantrúarhreimur
- vantrúarmaður
- vantrúarseggur
- vantrúarsvipur
- vantrúaður
- vantrúnaður