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an article of faith an article of faithSomething that one believes strongly, whether or not it is actually true. My mother takes it as an article of faith that the government is always right and should never be questioned. In prep school, it is taken as an article of faith that everyone must go on to college.See also: article, faith, ofan article of faith a firmly held belief. Article is here used in the sense of ‘a statement or item in a summary of religious belief’. 1994 Paul Ormerod The Death of Economics It is an article of faith in orthodox economics that free trade between nations is wholly desirable. See also: article, faith, of |