| 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" |
| really | | |
| adv. | 1. genuinely, really, truly | in accordance with truth or fact or reality.; "she was now truly American"; "a genuinely open society"; "they don't really listen to us" |
| adv. | 2. actually, really | in actual fact.; "to be nominally but not actually independent"; "no one actually saw the shark"; "large meteorites actually come from the asteroid belt" |
| adv. | 3. in truth, really, truly | in fact (used as intensifiers or sentence modifiers).; "in truth, moral decay hastened the decline of the Roman Empire"; "really, you shouldn't have done it"; "a truly awful book" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| adv. | 4. rattling, real, really, very | used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal.; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" |
| believe | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ understand, infer | believe to be the case.; "I understand you have no previous experience?" |
| ~ swallow | believe or accept without questioning or challenge.; "Am I supposed to swallow that story?" |
| ~ buy | accept as true.; "I can't buy this story" |
| ~ believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| ~ rely, trust, swear, bank | have confidence or faith in.; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes" |
| ~ believe in | have a firm conviction as to the goodness of something.; "John believes in oat bran" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. believe, conceive, consider, think | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| ~ hold | remain committed to.; "I hold to these ideas" |
| ~ pass judgment, evaluate, judge | form a critical opinion of.; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?"; "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" |
| ~ rethink | change one's mind.; "He rethought his decision to take a vacation" |
| ~ think | dispose the mind in a certain way.; "Do you really think so?" |
| ~ look upon, regard as, repute, take to be, esteem, look on, think of | look on as or consider.; "she looked on this affair as a joke"; "He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician"; "He is reputed to be intelligent" |
| ~ feel | have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude.; "She felt small and insignificant"; "You make me feel naked"; "I made the students feel different about themselves" |
| ~ consider, regard, view, reckon, see | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| v. (cognition) | 3. believe, trust | be confident about something.; "I believe that he will come back from the war" |
| ~ anticipate, expect | regard something as probable or likely.; "The meteorologists are expecting rain for tomorrow" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. believe | follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer.; "When you hear his sermons, you will be able to believe, too" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ believe | accept as true; take to be true.; "I believed his report"; "We didn't believe his stories from the War"; "She believes in spirits" |
| ~ misbelieve | hold a false or unorthodox belief. |
| v. (cognition) | 5. believe | credit with veracity.; "You cannot believe this man"; "Should we believe a publication like the National Enquirer?" |
| ~ credit | have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of. |
| heed | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).; "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ advertence, advertency | the process of being heedful. |
| v. (social) | 2. heed, listen, mind | pay close attention to; give heed to.; "Heed the advice of the old men" |
| ~ obey | be obedient to. |
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