belief

Noun

belief (plural beliefs)

1. Mental acceptance of a claim as truth.
2. (countable) Something believed.

   The ancient people have a belief in many deities.

3. (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.

   My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.

4. (uncountable) Religious faith.

   She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.

5. (plural) One"s religious or moral convictions.

   I can"t do that. It"s against my beliefs.

6. (process) Wishing a case or circumstance to be true (be + "lief" --> be + wished).

   I recommend a switch from belief to simple being; you need a rest.

6 letters in word "belief": B E E F I L.

No anagrams for belief found in this word list.

Words found within belief:

be bee beef bel belie bi bile blee ee eel ef el elf fe fee feel fib fie fil file flee if lee lei li lib lie lief life

• Definitions:
• any cognitive content held as true impression: 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"
• Belief is the psychological state in which an individual is convinced of the truth of a proposition. Like the related concepts truth, knowledge, and wisdom, there is no precise definition of belief on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of ...
• Belief is the second album of the British EBM group Nitzer Ebb. It was the first album recorded with drummer Julian Beeston (who took over from David Gooday), and Flood took over as producer from Phil Harding.
• or believes means that the person involved actually supposed the fact in question to be true. A person's belief may be inferred from circumstances.
• The degree to which an individual believes in conventional values, morality, and the legitimacy of law. In Travis Hirschi's work, aspects of the ‘social bond’.
• Agreement with a given world view. Eg Belief in the existence of God. (JA)
• blind: s. indriya-samatta.
• Within the context of an HTM, a belief is the probability distribution on a cause or set of causes. Specifically, belief refers to the distribution over a set of potential causes once all top-down, bottom-up and lateral evidence has been considered.
• This means that an individual is convinced of the truth of a statement or allegation.
• The subjective assessment of uncertainty. In the Bayesian paradigm, quantified by probability. In the statistical domain.
• Religious faith
• Religion EU citizenship confers the right to protection from discrimination on the grounds of, among other things, belief. This is enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
• An unproven assertion based on one or more fundamental assumptions. The assertion may be unprovable. Below-Cost Timber Sale
• An attitude of acceptance or assent toward a proposition without the full intellectual knowledge required guaranteeing its truth.

• belied ←
• belie ←
• belgas ←
• belief
• → beliefless
• → beliefs
• → belier