something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: a statement unworthy of belief.
confidence; faith; trust: a child's belief in his parents.
a religious tenet or tenets; religious creed or faith: the Christian belief.
Origin of belief
1125–75; earlier bile(e)ve (noun use of v.); replacing Middle English bileave, equivalent to bi-be- + leave; compare Old English gelēafa (cognate with Dutch geloof,German Glaube; akin to Gothic galaubeins)
SYNONYMS FOR belief
1 view, tenet, conclusion, persuasion.
2 assurance.
4 doctrine, dogma.
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synonym study for belief
2. Belief,certainty,conviction refer to acceptance of, or confidence in, an alleged fact or body of facts as true or right without positive knowledge or proof. Belief is such acceptance in general: belief in astrology.Certainty indicates unquestioning belief and positiveness in one's own mind that something is true: I know this for a certainty.Conviction is settled, profound, or earnest belief that something is right: a conviction that a decision is just.
OTHER WORDS FROM belief
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Words nearby belief
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Human intelligence is incredibly useful but it doesn’t safeguard you against having false beliefs, because that’s not what intelligence is for.
The Dark Side of Smart - Facts So Romantic|Diana Fleischman|September 15, 2020|Nautilus
Full belief, I want to suggest, needn’t be at the core of dehumanization, and an account of dehumanization needn’t commit on how demanding “belief” is or whether baldly contradictory belief is possible.
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman - Facts So Romantic|Eric Schwitzgebel|September 11, 2020|Nautilus
It also lacks the kind of intentions, goals, beliefs, and desires that drive language use in humans.
Welcome to the Next Level of Bullshit - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Raphaël Millière|September 9, 2020|Nautilus
As Streumer concedes, if he believed his own view, he would believe that there are such things as good and bad reasons for belief, which is exactly what his view denies.
The Universe Knows Right from Wrong - Issue 89: The Dark Side|Philip Goff|September 9, 2020|Nautilus
Hope derives from a belief that life has good things in store.
The Climate Crisis Is Happening Right Now. Just Look at California’s Weekend.|by Elizabeth Weil|September 9, 2020|ProPublica
One wonders if his subsequent battles with the “Evil Empire” were animated by this belief.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The incident sparked his belief in Santa, but he would have to wait nearly two decades before dressing up as Jolly St. Nick.
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The congressman traces his belief in Santa Claus back 40 years, when he was a student going to college “on the GI Bill.”
Kerry Bentivolio: The Congressman Who Believes in Santa Claus|Ben Jacobs|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His belief that officers really did find his fingerprints at the scene seems to have encouraged his false confession.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If any belief summed up the players I was writing about, here it was.
A West Point MVP Who Never Played a Down|Nicolaus Mills|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The case has been different with the movements induced by contact with Christian forms of belief.
Introduction to the History of Religions|Crawford Howell Toy
The Gods, in short belong to the region of belief, while morality belongs to that of practice.
The Necessity of Atheism|Dr. D.M. Brooks
That which Jack saw confirmed his belief of a perfect understanding between the different parties.
The Lost Trail|Edward S. Ellis
Or, as he expresses it, ‘our belief of the continuance of the laws of nature.’
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 3 of 3|Henry Thomas Buckle
No hostess would attempt such a thing, the belief being general that some one of the guests would die within a year.
As A Chinaman Saw Us|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for belief
belief
/ (bɪˈliːf) /
noun
a principle, proposition, idea, etc, accepted as true
opinion; conviction
religious faith
trust or confidence, as in a person or a person's abilities, probity, etc