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belief
[ bih-leef ]
/ bÉŖĖlif /
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noun
something believed; an opinion or conviction: a belief that the earth is flat.
confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof: a statement unworthy of belief.
confidence; faith; trust: a child's belief in his parents.
a religious tenet or tenets; religious creed or faith: the Christian belief.
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Origin of belief
1125ā75; earlier bile(e)ve (noun use of v.); replacing Middle English bileave, equivalent to bi-be- + leave; compare Old English gelÄafa (cognate with Dutch geloof,German Glaube; akin to Gothic galaubeins)
synonym study for belief
2. Belief, certainty, conviction refer to acceptance of, or confidence in, an alleged fact or body of facts as true or right without positive knowledge or proof. Belief is such acceptance in general: belief in astrology. Certainty indicates unquestioning belief and positiveness in one's own mind that something is true: I know this for a certainty. Conviction is settled, profound, or earnest belief that something is right: a conviction that a decision is just.
OTHER WORDS FROM belief
preĀ·beĀ·lief, nounsuĀ·perĀ·beĀ·lief, nounWords nearby belief
Belgrano, Belgravia, Belial, belie, belied, belief, belies, believe, believe it or not, believe one's ears, believer
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British Dictionary definitions for belief
belief
/ (bÉŖĖliĖf) /
noun
a principle, proposition, idea, etc, accepted as true
opinion; conviction
religious faith
trust or confidence, as in a person or a person's abilities, probity, etc
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