| belief | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ conviction, strong belief, article of faith | an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence. |
| ~ faith, trust | complete confidence in a person or plan etc.; "he cherished the faith of a good woman"; "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" |
| ~ doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought | a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school. |
| ~ philosophy | any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation.; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it" |
| ~ expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| ~ fetichism, fetishism | a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish). |
| ~ geneticism | the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically. |
| ~ meliorism | the belief that the world can be made better by human effort. |
| ~ opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" |
| ~ autotelism | belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification. |
| ~ originalism | the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it. |
| ~ pacificism, pacifism | the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration. |
| ~ faith, religion, religious belief | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny.; "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| ~ popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi, opinion | a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people.; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" |
| ~ revolutionism | a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles. |
| ~ sacerdotalism | a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God. |
| ~ spiritualism | the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium). |
| ~ spiritual domain, spiritual world, unseen | a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit. |
| ~ suffragism | the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women). |
| ~ supernaturalism | a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding. |
| ~ superstition, superstitious notion | an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear. |
| ~ supremacism | the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others.; "white supremacism" |
| ~ theory | a belief that can guide behavior.; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales" |
| ~ theosophism | belief in theosophy. |
| ~ thought | the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual.; "19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought" |
| ~ totemism | belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem. |
| ~ tribalism | the beliefs of a tribal society. |
| ~ values | beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something).; "he has very conservatives values" |
| ~ vampirism | belief in the existence of vampires. |
| ~ individualism | a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence. |
| ~ spiritual being, supernatural being | an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion | 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" |
| ~ idea, thought | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about.; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered my mind" |
| ~ presence | the impression that something is present.; "he felt the presence of an evil force" |
| ~ effect | an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived).; "he just did it for effect" |
| ~ first blush | at the first glimpse or impression.; "at first blush the idea possesses considerable intuitive appeal but on closer examination it fails" |
| ~ hunch, suspicion, intuition | an impression that something might be the case.; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" |
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