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Definition of Belief
1. Noun. Any cognitive content held as true.
Specialized synonyms: Article Of Faith, Conviction, Strong Belief, Faith, Trust, Doctrine, Ism, Philosophical System, Philosophy, School Of Thought, Philosophy, Expectation, Outlook, Prospect, Fetichism, Fetishism, Geneticism, Meliorism, Opinion, Persuasion, Sentiment, Thought, View, Autotelism, Originalism, Pacificism, Pacifism, Faith, Religion, Religious Belief, Opinion, Popular Opinion, Public Opinion, Vox Populi, Revolutionism, Sacerdotalism, Spiritualism, Spiritual Domain, Spiritual World, Unseen, Suffragism, Supernaturalism, Superstition, Superstitious Notion, Supremacism, Theory, Theosophism, Thought, Totemism, Tribalism, Values, Vampirism, Individualism, Spiritual Being, Supernatural Being
Derivative terms: Believe
Antonyms: Unbelief
2. Noun. A vague idea in which some confidence is placed. "I had a feeling that she was lying"
Generic synonyms: Idea, Thought
Specialized synonyms: Presence, Effect, First Blush, Hunch, Intuition, Suspicion
Derivative terms: Believe, Feel, Impressionistic
Definition of Belief
1. n. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses.
Definition of Belief
1. Noun. Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence. ¹
2. Noun. Something believed. ¹
3. Noun. The quality or state of believing. ¹
4. Noun. Religious faith. ¹
5. Noun. (in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belief
1. acceptance of the truth or actuality of something [n -S]
Medical Definition of Belief
1. 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. "Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance." (Reid) 2. A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. "No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth." (Hooker) 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. "Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men." (Bacon) 4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. "In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation." (Hooker) Ultimate belief, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. Synonym: Credence, trust, reliance, assurance, opinion. Origin: OE. Bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. Geleafa. See Believe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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