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Definition of Beliefs
1. belief [n] - See also: belief
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beliefs
Literary usage of Beliefs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon (1896)
"LIMITATIONS OF THE VARIABILITY OF THE beliefs AND OPINIONS OF CROWDS. i.
Fixed beliefs. The invariability of certain general beliefs—They shape the course ..."
2. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"The beliefs, in general, are the same, though held by individuals in varying
degrees. Though northerners do not believe so firmly and with such emotional ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1920)
"After dealing with the psychology of opinions and beliefs in the mind of the ...
Under the caption of " collective opinions and beliefs " are passed in ..."
4. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1908)
"The majority of the beliefs described are however probably to be found in some
form in most Belgian villages, while some remain in the larger cities as well ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1871)
"The ordinary mind simply discards these, and retaining the rest, continues its
natural processes of acquiring, evolving, systematizing beliefs with ..."
6. The Principles of Psychology by Herbert Spencer (1855)
"Belief, then, being the ultimate fact which we can never transcend, there next
come the questions—How do we class our beliefs ? Why do we consider certain ..."
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