1. Noun
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.
2. Noun
A persuasion of the truths of religion; faith.
3. Noun
The thing believed; the object of belief.
4. Noun
A tenet, or the body of tenets, held by the advocates of any class of views; doctrine; creed.
5. Noun
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"
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6. Noun
any cognitive content held as true
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