doxastic

British

/ dɒksˈæstɪk /

adjective

of or relating to belief
denoting the branch of modal logic that studies the concept of belief

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Etymology

Origin of doxastic

C18: from Greek doxastikos having an opinion, ultimately from doxazein to conjecture

Example Sentences

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Truth, as the name implies, makest a conversion about the gods and their incorporeal energy; but, doxastic imitation, which, as Plato says, is fabricative of images, wanders about that which is deprived of divinity and is dark.

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