Synonyms for belief
bɪˈlifbe·lief

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1. belief

   Doctrine primarily signifies that which is taught; principle, the fundamental basis on which the teaching rests. A doctrine is reasoned out, and may be defended by reasoning; a dogma rests on authority, as of direct revelation, the decision of the church, etc. A doctrine or dogma is a statement of some one item of belief; a creed is a summary of doctrines or dogmas. Dogma has commonly, at the present day, an offensive signification, as of a belief arrogantly asserted. Tenet is simply that which is held, and is applied to a single item of belief; it is a neutral word, neither approving nor condemning; we speak of the doctrines of our own church; of the tenets of others. A precept relates not to belief, but to conduct. Compare FAITH; LAW.

   Synonyms:
   article of belief, article of faith, doctrine, dogma, precept, principle, teaching, tenet

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1. belief

   Synonyms:
   assent, faith, trust, credence, avowal, assurance, admission, conviction, opinion, permission, creed, reliance, concession, confidence

   Antonyms:
   dissent, unbelief, distrust, denial, misgiving, disavowal, rejection, disbelief

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1. beliefnoun

   any cognitive content held as true

   Synonyms:
   impression, opinion, notion, feeling

   Antonyms:
   unbelief, disbelief

2. impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   persuasion, touch, public opinion, flavour, stamp, mental picture, imprint, smell, ruling, view, legal opinion, flavor, tactile sensation, whim, impression, touch sensation, thought, printing, effect, picture, opinion, sentiment, spirit, tactual sensation, tone, popular opinion, whimsy, feel, judgment, judgement, feeling, depression, notion, whimsey, vox populi, intuitive feeling, look

   Antonyms:
   disbelief, unbelief

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1. • Cognitive Content

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1. awareness

   because personal perception is relative therefore "belief "is the glue that makes knowingness stick with awareness.

   i may know without out a doubt but in fact the experience may be a shared one therefore without "belief" i may only know part not the whole of the shared experience.

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. beliefnoun

   Synonyms:
   credence, credit, confidence, trust, reliance, persuasion, FAITH

2. beliefnoun

   Synonyms:
   doctrine, tenet, dogma, opinion, creed, article of faith, profession of faith

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1. beliefnoun

   Synonyms:
   credence, persuasion, faith, conviction, assurance, confidence, tenet, dogma, creed, opinion, doctrine, cult, view, principle, intuition, superstition, fanaticism

   Antonyms:
   doubt, disbelief, skepticism, misgiving, incredulity

   Associated words:
   credulous, incredulous, credulity, credibility, incredibility, gull, gullible, gullibility

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1. List of paraphrases for "belief":

   conviction, beliefs, creed, faith, convinced, convictions, persuasion, confidence, opinion, fe, view, religion, worship, idea

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1. List of known nicknames for "Belief":

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1. Peter Gash:

   I have no doubt that they (UNESCO delegates) had a perception that the barrier reef was dead. That it was doomed, it was down, it was in a bad place. And that's not the case at all, it's my belief, and it's the belief of many people, that the barrier reef has turned the corner and it's slowly improving.

2. Jeb Bush:

   No, he isn't. But I think we have to be practical, we have to balance our belief in liberty with a belief that security and engagement will create the possibilities for the Egyptians to garner more freedom.

3. Keith Black:

   I think the fact that he’s a pastor is not lost on this story, and whether you’re religious or not, one thing to me has been very clear in dealing with cancer patients, and that is the patient attitude clearly affects hormonal levels in the body and their immune system— if someone is very worried or very negative, you get a release of chemicals in the body that are unhealthy for your body and immune system, whether it was his belief that he would do better, belief that divine intervention would help him do better, or whether it was actually divine intervention, obviously we don’t know, but it’s very clear that attitude makes a real difference in outcome with cancer.

4. Roger John:

   Live by what you believe so fully that your life blossoms, or else purge the fear-and-guilt producing beliefs from your life. When people believe one thing and do something else, they are inviting misery. If you give yourself the name, play the game. When you believe something you don't follow with your heart, intellect, and body, it hurts. Don't do that to yourself. Live your belief, or let that belief go. If you are not actively living a belief, it's not really your belief, anyway.

5. Clarence Thomas:

   The institution that I'm a part of, if someone said that one line of one opinion would be leaked by anyone, you'd say,' Oh, that's impossible. No one would ever do that.' There is such a belief in the rule of law, a belief in Supreme Court, a belief in what we were doing that Supreme Court was verboten, it was beyond anyone's understanding, or at least anyone's imagination, that someone would do that.