Look up: belief

1. belief
   [n] - any cognitive content held as true
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2. belief
   Assent to the truth of propositions, statements, or facts. In philosophy, belief that something is the case is contrasted with knowledge, because we only say we believe that something is the case...
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3. Belief
   Be·lief' noun [ Middle English bileafe , bileve ; confer Anglo-Saxon geleáfa . See Believe .] 1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without im...
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4. belief
   1. Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidence; as, be...
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5. belief
   noun any cognitive content held as true
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6. Belief
   • (n.) Assent to a proposition or affirmation, or the acceptance of a fact, opinion, or assertion as real or true, without immediate personal knowledge; reliance upon word or testimony; partial or full assurance without positive knowledge or absolute certainty; persuasion; conviction; confidenc...
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7. belief
   a mental attitude of acceptance or assent toward a proposition without the full intellectual knowledge required to guarantee its truth. Believing is ... [8 related articles]
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8. belief
   belief 1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another person: 'My belief in her trust is as strong as ever.' 2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something. 3. Something believed or accepted as true; especially, a particula...
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9. belief
   
   • any cognitive content held as true
   • a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof
   • a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
   
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10. Belief
    An estimate of the probability that something is true.
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11. belief
    belief, in philosophy, commitment to something, involving intellectual assent. Philosophers have disagreed as to whether belief is active or passive; René Descartes held that it is a matter of will, while David Hume thought that it was an emotional commitment, and C. S. Peirce considered it a...
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12. Belief
    Acquiescence in the existence of objects (e.g. external things, other minds, God, etc.) or assent to the truth of propositions (e.g. scientific, moral, aesthetic, or metaphysical statements). The belief in objects is frequently immediate and non-inferential; the belief in propositions usually rests ...
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13. Belief
    The conviction of the mind, arising from evidence received, or from information derived, not from actual perception by our senses, but from. the relation or information of others who have had the means of acquiring actual knowledge of the facts and in whose qualifications for acquiring that knowledg...
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14. Belief
    (n) Belief is the state of opinion arrived and accepted by a person based on the information, evidences, circumstances etc by applying his thinking and analyzing capability. A belief need not be based on confirmed information, but must be based on self acceptance of the information or evidences
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15. Belief
    `Belief` is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true.--> Belief, knowledge and epistemology: The terms belief and knowledge are used differently in philosophy. A false belief is not considered to be knowledge, even if it is sincere. A sin...
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16. Belief
    (album) | Name = Belief | Type = album | Single 1 = Control, I`m Here | Single 1 date = | Single 2 = Hearts & Minds | Single 2 date = | Single 3 = Shame | Single 3 date = | Single 4 = | Single 4 date = --> --> `Belief` is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the ...
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17. Belief
    (song) "`Belief`" was the second single from John Mayer`s 2006 album Continuum. The song features Ben Harper on guitar. Despite its success on the American adult album alternative chart and the South African Top 40, the song never had a music video. The song was nominated for...
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