BELIEF Definition & Meaning

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belief

[ bih-leef ]

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noun

something believed; an opinion or conviction:
a belief that the earth is flat.
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confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof:
a statement unworthy of belief.
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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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belief

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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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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of belief¹

First recorded in 1125–75; earlier bile(e)ve (noun use of verb); replacing Middle English bileave, equivalent to bi- be- + leave (probably from Old English -��ŧ��ڲ� “belief”); cognate with Dutch geloof, German Glaube; akin to Gothic galaubeins

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Synonym Study

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.

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He has gotten away with everything in his life, and his belief in his own power is limitless.

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You are radical in your belief in inequality, but you are pragmatic in trying to push through political change within our system.

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"He wasn't particularly interested in the student movement or politics," Lee said, but he did have "a strong belief in justice".

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Liu noted that belief could have been based on the prosecution’s gang expert’s testimony that “snitching was not allowed within gang culture, even if someone was snitching on a rival gang.”

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“Incredible. Fifty-two points with people draped all over him all game long. The conditioning. The skill. The audacity. The belief. It’s just incredible to watch Steph at work.”

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