| belief | The thing believed; the object of belief | en |
| belief | opinion, creed; religion, faith | (isim) | en |
| belief | Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good. One billion people throughout the world are Muslims, united by belief in one god. a belief in personal liberty | en |
| belief | Your religious or political beliefs are your views on religious or political matters. He refuses to compete on Sundays because of his religious beliefs | en |
| belief | If it is your belief that something is the case, it is your strong opinion that it is the case. It is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy | en |
| belief | emphasis You use beyond belief to emphasize that something is true to a very great degree or that it happened to a very great degree. We are devastated, shocked beyond belief | en |
| belief | You use contrary to popular belief to introduce a statement that is the opposite to what is thought to be true by most ordinary people. Contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence that what you look like makes much difference to your life | en |
| belief | If you do one thing in the belief that another thing is true or will happen, you do it because you think, usually wrongly, that it is true or will happen. Civilians had broken into the building, apparently in the belief that it contained food | en |
| belief | any cognitive content held as true | en |
| belief | a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying" | en |
| belief | A state of mind in which our trust, or confidence, is placed in something or someone | en |
| belief | n The mental act, condition or habit of placing trust or confidence in a person or thing Mental acceptance of or conviction in the truth or actuality of something | en |
| belief | Philosophers use the term "belief" broadly Our use includes religious beliefs, but all other beliefs as well: political beliefs, scientific beliefs, etc In short, we use this term to encompass anything believed, from beliefs about the origin of the universe to ones as mundane as whether the car needs to be washed | en |
| belief | Genus: Mental process Differentia: The acceptance that an idea is true Comment: Belief omits degrees | en |
| belief | in the explanation of social attitudes, the cognitive component of the person’s overall evaluation of an entity | en |
| belief | mental acceptance or describable confidence that certain things are true but without absolute certainty of such | en |
| belief | A statement that is not known or assumed to be true | en |
| belief | In the Christian sense - is when the truth of God takes permanent residence in our heart and mind It must always be consistent with the Bible Belief in Jesus is to be our first priority (John 6:29) Faith is acting out our life on the basis of our belief The sin of unbelief is very serious because it undermines God's purpose and activity in our lives (Romans 4:20, 11:20-23) | en |
| belief | Acceptance of a fact, opinion, or proposition | en |
| belief | The willing acceptance of the fiction created within dramatic situations and plays, and the student's commitment to it | en |
| belief | An unproven assertion based on one or more fundamental assumptions The assertion may be unprovable | en |
| belief | n something believed specif a tenet or body of tenets held by a group conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon esp when based on examination of evidence | en |
| belief | Claim to Reality Personally Untested & Potentially Unfounded | en |
| belief | Conviction of mind, founded on evidence, that a fact exists - that an act was done, that a statement is true Giddens v Mirk, 4 Ga 369 (1848) The difference between "belief" and "knowledge" consists in the degree of certainty Things which do not make a deep impression on the memory may be said to leave a "belief" "Knowledge" is firm belief 9 Cal 62 | en |
| belief | A conviction; often thought to be more enduring than an attitude and less enduring than a value (See 403) | en |
| belief | A descriptive thought that a person holds about something | en |
| belief | If you have a particular belief, you think something is true | en |
| belief | A propensity to act as if intent matches content for some information set As stated, the definition implies that belief must be conscious This may need to be relaxed | en |
| belief | A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed | en |
| belief | A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith | en |
| belief | Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses | en |
