belief
English Thesaurus
1. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | idea, thought, |
| definition | : | the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | presence, |
| definition | : | the impression that something is present (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | effect, |
| definition | : | an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | first blush, |
| definition | : | at the first glimpse or impression (noun.cognition) |
2. any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | faith, trust, |
| definition | : | complete confidence in a person or plan etc (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | philosophy, |
| definition | : | any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | fetichism, fetishism, |
| definition | : | a belief in the magical power of fetishes (or the worship of a fetish) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | geneticism, |
| definition | : | the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | meliorism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the world can be made better by human effort (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | autotelism, |
| definition | : | belief that a work of art is an end in itself or its own justification (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | originalism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the United States Constitution should be interpreted in the way the authors originally intended it (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | pacificism, pacifism, |
| definition | : | the belief that all international disputes can be settled by arbitration (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | faith, religion, religious belief, |
| definition | : | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | revolutionism, |
| definition | : | a belief in the spread of revolutionary principles (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | sacerdotalism, |
| definition | : | a belief that priests can act as mediators between human beings and God (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | spiritualism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the spirits of dead people can communicate with people who are still alive (especially via a medium) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | suffragism, |
| definition | : | the belief that the right to vote should be extended (as to women) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | supernaturalism, |
| definition | : | a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | supremacism, |
| definition | : | the belief that some particular group or race is superior to all others (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | theory, |
| definition | : | a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | theosophism, |
| definition | : | belief in theosophy (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | thought, |
| definition | : | the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | totemism, |
| definition | : | belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | tribalism, |
| definition | : | the beliefs of a tribal society (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | values, |
| definition | : | beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something) (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | vampirism, |
| definition | : | belief in the existence of vampires (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | individualism, |
| definition | : | a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence (noun.cognition) |
3. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | feel, find, |
| definition | : | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | believe, trust, |
| definition | : | be confident about something (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | impressionistic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning (adj.pert) |
4. any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | believe, |
| definition | : | accept as true; take to be true (verb.cognition) |
5. a vague idea in which some confidence is placed (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | feel, find, |
| definition | : | come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | believe, trust, |
| definition | : | be confident about something (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | impressionistic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning (adj.pert) |
6. any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | believe, |
| definition | : | accept as true; take to be true (verb.cognition) |
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