A series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views.

Roget 461: inquiry; request etc. 765; search, research, quest, pursuit etc. 622.    examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation^†; perquisition^†, perscrutation^†, pervestigation^†; inquest, inquisition; exploration; exploitation, ventilation.    sifting; calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction; Baconian method^†.    strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry; narrow search, strict search; study etc. (consideration) 451.    scire facias [Lat.], ad referendum; trial.    questioning etc. v.; interrogation, interrogatory; interpellation; challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism; feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy^†; leading question; discussion etc. (reasoning) 476.    reconnoitering, reconnaissance; prying etc. v.; espionage, espionnage [Fr.]; domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain; lantern of Diogenes.    question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism^†; subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy; point in dispute, matter in dispute; moot point; issue, question at issue; bone of contention etc. (discord) 713; plain question, fair question, open question; enigma etc. (secret) 533; knotty point etc. (difficulty) 704; quodlibet; threshold of an inquiry.    [person who questions] inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist^†, examiner, catechist; scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer^†; analyst; quidnunc [Lat.] etc. (curiosity) 455.    ... show more

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.    ... show more

An elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers.

Dutch: catechismus
Polish: katechizm