belief
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(noun) any cognitive content held as true |
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Related Words: autotelism, cognitive content, content, conviction, doctrine, expectation, faith, fetichism, fetishism, individualism, ism, meliorism, mental object, opinion, originalism, outlook, pacifism, persuasion, philosophy, popular opinion, prospect, public opinion, religion, religious belief, sacerdotalism, school of thought, sentiment, spiritual world, spiritualism, strong belief, supernaturalism, superstition, superstitious notion, theory, theosophy, thought, totemism, trust, unseen, values, view, vox populi |
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Antonyms: unbelief |
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(noun) a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof |
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Synonyms: dogma, tenet |
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Related Words: church doctrine, creed, gospel, religious doctrine |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: feeling, impression, notion |
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Related Words: effect, hunch, idea, intuition, presence, suspicion, thought |
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