16
doubter(noun, person, unbelief doubt, loner, dissenter)
12
pessimist(noun, person, loner, dissenter, recluse)
12
sceptic(noun, radical, revolutionary, critic, detractor)
10
skeptic(noun, person, incredulity, unbelief doubt, loner)
8
misanthrope(noun, person, attitude, downer, worrier)
8
unbeliever(noun, radical, revolutionary, critic, detractor)
7
questioner(noun, radical, revolutionary, detractor, unbelieving)
5
agnostic(noun, unbeliever)
5
detractor(noun, radical, revolutionary, critic, detractor)
5
disbeliever(noun, unbelieving, questioner, pessimist, unbeliever)
4
killjoy(noun, downer, worrier, quitter, doubter)
4
misanthropist(noun, attitude, misanthropy, nonbeliever)
3
faultfinder
3
heretic(noun, radical, revolutionary, incredulity, subversive)
3
misogynist(noun, nonbeliever)
3
prophet of doom(noun, expression, idiom, downer, worrier)
3
nihilist(noun, worrier, unbelieving, dissenter, atheist)
3
nonbeliever(noun, radical, revolutionary, critic, detractor)
2
critic(noun, radical, revolutionary, detractor, subversive)
2
knocker(noun, critic, disparager)
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