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Noun
/biˈlēf/,
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beliefs, plural;
  1. An acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists
    • - his belief in the value of hard work
    • - a belief that solitude nourishes creativity
  2. Something one accepts as true or real; a firmly held opinion or conviction
    • - contrary to popular belief, Aramaic is a living language
    • - we're prepared to fight for our beliefs
  3. A religious conviction
    • - Christian beliefs
    • - I'm afraid to say belief has gone
    • - local beliefs and customs
  4. Trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something
    • - a belief in democratic politics
    • - I've still got belief in myself
  1. (belief) any cognitive content held as true
  2. (belief) impression: 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"
  3. Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.
  4. (Belief (album)) Belief is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the first album recorded with drummer Julian Beeston (who took over from David Gooday), and Flood took over as producer from Phil Harding. It was released by Mute Records on .
  5. (Belief (sociology)) Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective stemming from symbolic interactionism. The term was first adapted into sociology from the theatre by Erving Goffman, who developed most of the related terminology and ideas in his 1959 book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. ...
  6. (Belief (song)) "Belief" was the second single from John Mayer's 2006 album Continuum. The song features Ben Harper on guitar.
  7. (belief) Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence; Something believed; The quality or state of believing; Religious faith; One's religious or moral convictions
  8. (belief) n. convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation. In a common phrase "upon information and belief," the so-called belief is based only on unconfirmed information, so the person declaring the belief is hedging his/her bet as to whether the belief is correct.
  9. (BELIEF) Agreement with a given world view. E.g. Belief in the existence of God. (JA)
  10. (6. Belief) If you possess a strong Belief theme, you have certain core values that are enduring. These values vary from one person to another, but ordinarily your belief theme causes you to be family-oriented, altruistic, even spiritual, and to value responsibility and high ethics - both in ...
  11. (BELIEF) An explanation of facts chosen by an individual, when there is no scientific explanation
  12. (BELIEF) The acceptance of the truths of the gospel. More than a mental assent, belief as used in the NT includes trusting in God from the heart. Such belief results from (1) hearing the Word of God (Rom. 10:17) and (2) a gift of the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:8). ...
  13. (BELIEF) The degree to which an individual believes in conventional values, morality, and the legitimacy of law. In Travis Hirschi's work, aspects of the ‘social bond’.
  14. (BELIEF) to place one's trust in God's truth; to take God at His Word and trust in him for salvation.
  15. (Belief) A descriptive thought that a person holds about something.
  16. (Belief) A mental act by which a social fact comes into being. The everyday use of the word does not begin to be adequate in pointing to the utter, complete, and naive acceptance of a social fact as really true. ...
  17. (Belief) A thing people feel or think is true. "The belief that animals have spirits was part of Native American life."
  18. (Belief) An expectation about the way some event or sequence of events will occur. [SHH] Conviction or confidence in the truth of some-thing that is not based on absolute proof. [SB]
  19. (Belief) An idea about ourselves and/or the external world which we hold to be true even though we have no unambiguous supporting evidence.  A belief may be true. ...
  20. (Belief) Conviction or assumption; system of interpreting reality; structuring thoughts or presumptions.
  21. (Belief) Francesco Gola on Flickr
  22. (Belief) In everyday usage, a belief is the "mental acceptance of a proposition, statement, or fact, as true, on the ground of authority or evidence; assent of the mind to a statement, or to the truth of a fact beyond observation, on the testimony of another" (OED). ...
  23. (Belief) Mental reliance on or acceptance of a particular concept, which is arrived at by weighing external evidence, facts, and personal observation and experience.
  24. (Belief) Opinion lacking referenceable proof.
  25. (Belief) The person believes that p. This belief might be more or less confident. And it might — but it need not — be manifested in the person’s speech, such as by her saying that p or by her saying that she believes that p. ...