Belief Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Belief

Learn about the word Belief to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Belief definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Belief

Belief Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Belief? [n] 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" [n] any cognitive content held as true Synonyms \| Synonyms for Belief: feeling \| impression \| notion \| opinion Related Terms \| Find terms related to Belief: a belief \| acceptance \| acquiescence \| arrogance \| article of faith \| assent \| assurance \| assuredness \| axiom \| canon \| certainty \| certitude \| cocksureness \| concept \| confidence \| confidentness \| conviction \| courage \| credence \| credibility \| credit \| credo \| creed \| dependence \| doctrine \| dogma \| eye \| faith \| feeling \| fundamental \| hubris \| idea \| intuition \| judgement \| law \| maxim \| mind \| opinion \| orthodoxy \| overconfidence \| oversureness \| overweening \| overweeningness \| persuasion \| poise \| pomposity \| positiveness \| precept \| pride \| principle \| principles \| reliance \| religion \| religious belief \| religious faith \| security \| self-assurance \| self-confidence \| self-importance \| self-reliance \| sentiment \| settled belief \| subjective certainty \| sureness \| surety \| system of beliefs \| teaching \| tenet \| theology \| tradition \| trust \| trustworthiness \| view See Also \| article of faith \| autotelism \| cognitive content \| content \| conviction \| doctrine \| effect \| expectation \| faith \| fetichism \| fetishism \| hunch \| idea \| individualism \| intuition \| ism \| meliorism \| mental object \| originalism \| outlook \| pacifism \| persuasion \| philosophy \| popular opinion \| presence \| prospect \| public opinion \| religion \| religious belief \| sacerdotalism \| school of thought \| sentiment \| spiritual being \| spiritual world \| spiritualism \| strong belief \| supernatural being \| supernaturalism \| superstition \| superstitious notion \| suspicion \| theory \| theosophy \| thought \| totemism \| tribalism \| trust \| unseen \| values \| view \| vox populi Belief In Webster's Dictionary \Be*lief"\, n. [OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. gele['a]fa. See {Believe}.] 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, belief of a witness; the belief of our senses. Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. --Reid. 2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith. No man can attain [to] belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth. --Hooker. 3. The thing believed; the object of belief. Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. --Bacon. 4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed. In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief was subject upon its first promulgation. --Hooker. {Ultimate belief}, a first principle incapable of proof; an intuitive truth; an intuition. --Sir W. Hamilton. Syn: Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.

Belief Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Belief?

[n] 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"
[n] any cognitive content held as true

Synonyms | Synonyms for Belief: feeling | impression | notion | opinion

Belief In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*lief"\, n. [OE. bileafe, bileve; cf. AS. gele['a]fa.
See {Believe}.]
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, belief of a witness; the belief of our
   senses.

         Belief admits of all degrees, from the slightest
         suspicion to the fullest assurance.   --Reid.

2. (Theol.) A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.

         No man can attain [to] belief by the bare
         contemplation of heaven and earth.    --Hooker.

3. The thing believed; the object of belief.

         Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of
         fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. --Bacon.

4. A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of
   any class of views; doctrine; creed.

         In the heat of persecution to which Christian belief
         was subject upon its first promulgation. --Hooker.

{Ultimate belief}, a first principle incapable of proof; an
   intuitive truth; an intuition. --Sir W. Hamilton.

Syn: Credence; trust; reliance; assurance; opinion.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Calomel ‐ a tasteless colorless powder used medicinally as a…
Unselfish ‐ not greedy [adj]…
Chains ‐ metal shackles; for…
Readmit ‐ admit again or anew; "After paying a penalty, the player was…
Worldly-minded ‐ marked by…
Au pair ‐ a young foreigner who lives with a family in return for doing…
Flower stalk ‐ erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground…
Bantoid ‐ relating to or designating languages that possess characteristics…
Unworried ‐ free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of childhood";…
Amanita muscaria ‐ poisonous (but rarely fatal) woodland fungus having a scarlet…