What does belief mean?
Definitions for belief
bɪˈlifbe·lief
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word belief.
Princeton's WordNet
beliefnoun
any cognitive content held as true
impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinionnoun
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"
Wiktionary
beliefnoun
Mental acceptance of a claim as truth regardless of supporting or contrary empirical evidence.
beliefnoun
Something believed.
The ancient people have a belief in many deities.
beliefnoun
The quality or state of believing.
My belief that it will rain tomorrow is strong.
beliefnoun
Religious faith.
She often said it was her belief that carried her through the hard times.
beliefnoun
One's religious or moral convictions.
I can't do that. It's against my beliefs.
Etymology: from leafa.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Beliefnoun
Etymology: from believe.
Those comforts that shall never cease,
Future in hope, but present in belief. Henry Wotton.Faith is a firm belief of the whole word of God, of his gospel, commands, threats, and promises. William Wake, Prep. for Death.
No man can attain belief by the bare contemplation of heaven and earth; for that they neither are sufficient to give us as much as the least spark of light concerning the very principal mysteries of our faith. Richard Hooker, b. v. § 22.
In the heat of general persecution, whereunto christian belief was subject upon the first promulgation, it much confirmed the weaker minds, when relation was made how God had been glorified through the sufferings of martyrs. Richard Hooker, b. v.
He can, I know, but doubt to think he will;
Yet hope would fain subscribe, and tempts belief. John Milton.All treaties are grounded upon the belief, that states will be found in their honour and observance of treaties. William Temple.
Superstitious prophecies are not only the belief of fools, but the talk sometimes of wise men. Francis Bacon.
Wikipedia
Belief
Belief was the second single from John Mayers 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 the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 50th Annual Grammy Awards. The song is about the moral war around the world with people's beliefs and that one cannot keep the world under control to get every single person to believe just one thing.
ChatGPT
belief
Belief is a mental attitude or acceptance that something is true or exists, often without proof or evidence. It can refer to the conviction in the truth or reality of a particular concept, thing, or statement, irrespective of whether it is based on factual knowledge, personal experiences, religious teachings, or societal norms. Beliefs can heavily influence attitudes, thoughts, and actions. They can be individual or shared as a part of cultural or social systems.
Webster Dictionary
Beliefnoun
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
Beliefnoun
a persuasion of the truths of religion; faith
Beliefnoun
the thing believed; the object of belief
Beliefnoun
a tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed
Wikidata
Belief
Belief is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. Dispositional and occurrent belief concerns the contextual activation of the belief into thoughts or ideas.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Belief
a word of various application, but properly definable as that which lies at the heart of a man or a nation's convictions, or is the heart and soul of all their thoughts and actions, "the thing a man does practically lay to heart, and know for certain concerning his vital relations to this mysterious universe, and his duty and destiny there."
Editors Contribution
belief
A feeling, knowing or understanding we believe.
It is their belief that they choose and have an eternal marriage and it is true.
Submitted by MaryC on January 19, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'belief' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1979
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'belief' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4498
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'belief' in Nouns Frequency: #623
Anagrams for belief »
befile
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of belief in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of belief in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of belief in a Sentence
Today, with one clear voice, the United States of America calls upon the nations of the world to end religious persecution. Stop the crimes against people of faith, release prisoners of conscience. Repeal laws restricting freedom of religion and belief. Protect the vulnerable, the defenseless, and the oppressed.
Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the Legislature, to the bill's many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians' deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.
There's definitely a causal relationship to this and the stats do not lie, emerging in New York, particularly over the last year, there is a revolving door, a culture of criminality without consequence, some of which I think is undeniably tied to this bail law. And what's shocking about this is that this solution is so obvious. We need to give judges discretion to actually make decisions pending to the individual case, particularly as it pertains to these individuals who keep on committing crimes. It's my belief that we should be listening to law enforcement officials on the ground.
There is no place in American life for discriminatory rhetoric of any kind, at a time when hate crimes are on the rise, when religious believers are murdered in their places of worship, we cannot countenance any speech that dehumanizes persons on the basis of ethnicity, religious belief, economic status or country of origin.
At some level, the majority of physicists believe that Einsteins theory of gravity, called general relativity, is correct. However, that belief is mainly based on observations of phenomena taking place in regions of space with weak gravity, while Einsteins theory of gravity is meant to explain phenomena taking place near really strong gravitational fields, neutron stars and black holes are the objects that have the strongest known gravitational fields, so any test of gravity that involves these objects really test the heart of Einsteins gravity theory.
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- إیمان, عقيدةArabic
- вераBelarusian
- вяра, убеждение, довериеBulgarian
- creençaCatalan, Valencian
- víra, přesvědčeníCzech
- troDanish
- Glauben, GlaubeGerman
- πίστη, δοξασία, πιστεύω, δόγμαGreek
- kredoEsperanto
- creenciaSpanish
- veendumus, lootus, usk, uskumusEstonian
- باور, اعتقادPersian
- usko, luottamus, vakaumusFinnish
- croyance, conviction, foiFrench
- barail, creideamh, beachdScottish Gaelic
- crenzaGalician
- आस्थाHindi
- hit, meggyőződés, hiedelemHungarian
- հավատ, վստահությունArmenian
- credentiaInterlingua
- kepercayaan, keyakinanIndonesian
- convinzione, credito, fiducia, opinione, convinzioni, fede, credenza, credoItalian
- אמונהHebrew
- 信仰, 確信Japanese
- ជំនឿKhmer
- باوهر, بڕوا, برواKurdish
- диний ишеним, ишеним, көз караш, ишенүү, ишеничKyrgyz
- opinionemLatin
- ticībaLatvian
- вераMacedonian
- geloofDutch
- troenNorwegian
- oodlą́ʼNavajo, Navaho
- wiara, przekonanie, wierzeniePolish
- crençaPortuguese
- convicțiune, credință, convingereRomanian
- верование, убеждение, вера, довериеRussian
- вјера, vera, вера, uvjerenje, vjera, vjerovanje, веровање, verovanje, уверење, вјеровање, увјерење, uverenjeSerbo-Croatian
- vieraSlovak
- veraSlovene
- troSwedish
- మతవిశ్వాశం, నమ్మకము, విశ్వాసముTelugu
- inançTurkish
- віраUkrainian
- 信念Chinese
- ukholoZulu
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