vantrú

See also: vantru

Icelandic

Etymology

From van- (“too little, lacking in, short of”) +‎ trú (“religion, believe; faith”), from Old Norse vantrú. Cognates with Danish vantro.

Noun

vantrú f (genitive singular vantrúar, no plural)

1. disbelief, a lack of faith
2. no confidence, a lack of confidence

   Ég hef vantrú á þessu.

   I have no confidence in this.

Synonyms

• (lack of fatih): trúleysi

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “lack of faith”): trúgirni

Derived terms

Derived terms

• meðferðarvantrú (nihilism, therapeutic nihilism)
• vantrúa
• vantrúaralda
• vantrúarauga
• vantrúarblandinn
• vantrúarbros
• vantrúarfullur
• vantrúarglott
• vantrúarhreimur
• vantrúarmaður
• vantrúarseggur
• vantrúarsvipur
• vantrúaður
• vantrúnaður