Definition of belief

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Belief (n.) 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..

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Religion :: Religion (n.) The outward act or form by which men indicate their recognition of the existence of a god or of gods having power over their destiny, to whom obedience, service, and honor are due; the feeling or expression of human love, fear, or awe of some superhuman and overruling power, whether by profession of belief, by observance of rites and ceremonies, or by the conduct of life; a system of faith and worship; a manifestation of piety; as, ethical religions; monotheistic religions; natural
Credence :: Credence (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence..
Universalism :: Universalism (n.) The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state..
Orthodoxy :: Orthodoxy (n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief..
Credit :: Credit (n.) A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation..
Cult :: Cult (n .) A system of religious belief and worship.
Disbelieve :: Disbelieve (v. t.) Not to believe; to refuse belief or credence to; to hold not to be true or actual.
Myth :: Myth (n.) A story of great but unknown age which originally embodied a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are personified; an ancient legend of a god, a hero, the origin of a race, etc.; a wonder story of prehistoric origin; a popular fable which is, or has been, received as historical..
Misbelief :: Misbelief (n.) Erroneous or false belief.
Idea :: Idea (n.) A belief, option, or doctrine; a characteristic or controlling principle; as, an essential idea; the idea of development..
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life..
Latitudinarianism :: Latitudinarianism (n.) A latitudinarian system or condition; freedom of opinion in matters pertaining to religious belief.
Credit :: Credit (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
Credulity :: Credulity (n.) Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
Likely :: Likely (a.) Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story..
Believing :: Believing (a.) That believes; having belief.
Stercoranist :: Stercoranism (n.) The doctrine or belief of the Stercoranists.
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.
Persuasion :: Persuasion (n.) A creed or belief; a sect or party adhering to a certain creed or system of opinions; as, of the same persuasion; all persuasions are agreed..
Unfaith :: Unfaith (n.) Absence or want of faith; faithlessness; distrust; unbelief.
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