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belief
noun
1 belief
Any cognitive content held as true.
Polish: wyobrażenie, teoria, pogląd, przekonanie, zapatrywanie
2 belief
A vague idea in which some confidence is placed:
— It strengthened my belief in his sincerity.
synonyms: feeling, impression, notion, opinion.
Roget 484:
belief;
credence;
credit;
assurance;
faith,
trust,
troth,
confidence,
presumption,
sanguine expectation
etc.
(hope)
858;
dependence on,
reliance on.
persuasion,
conviction,
convincement†,
plerophory†,
self-conviction;
certainty
etc.
474;
opinion,
mind,
view;
conception,
thinking;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
surmise
etc.
514;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480.
tenet,
dogma,
principle,
way of thinking;
popular belief
etc.
(assent)
488.
firm belief,
implicit belief,
settled belief,
fixed rooted deep-rooted belief,
staunch belief,
unshaken belief,
steadfast belief,
inveterate belief,
calm belief,
sober belief,
dispassionate belief,
impartial belief,
well-founded belief,
firm opinion,
implicit opinion,
settled opinion,
fixed rooted deep-rooted opinion,
staunch opinion,
unshaken opinion,
steadfast opinion,
inveterate opinion,
calm opinion,
sober opinion,
dispassionate opinion,
impartial opinion,
well-founded opinion
&c.;
uberrima fides [Lat.].
system of opinions,
school,
doctrine,
articles,
canons;
article of faith,
declaration of faith,
profession of faith;
tenets,
credenda†,
creed;
thirty-nine articles
etc.
(orthodoxy)
983.1;
catechism;
assent
etc.
488;
propaganda
etc.
(teaching)
537.
credibility
etc.
(probability)
472.
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Dutch: besef, notie, conjectuur, gevoel, impressie, indruk, vermoeden
Polish: odczucie, wrażenie
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