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Beliefs [bih-leef]

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Main Entry:	belief [bih-leef] Show IPA/bɪˈlif/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	putting regard in as true
Synonyms:	acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, mindset, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, postulation, presumption, presupposition, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view
Antonyms:	disbelief

Main Entry:	assumption
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	taking something for granted; something expected
Synonyms:	acceptance, accepting, assuming, belief, conjecture, expectation, fancy, guess, hunch, hypothesis, inference, posit, postulate, postulation, premise, presumption, presupposition, shot in the dark, shot*, sneaking suspicion, stab, supposal, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorization, theory
Antonyms:	doubt, unexpected

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	attitude
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mental outlook
Synonyms:	air, angle, approach, belief, bent, bias, character, demeanor, disposition, frame of mind, headset, inclination, leaning, like it is, mental state, mindset, mindtrip, mood, notion, opinion, perspective, philosophy, point of view, position, posture, predilection, prejudice, proclivity, reaction, routine, say so, sensibility, sentiment, set, slant, stance, stand, standing, standpoint, temper, temperament, twist, view, where one is at
Notes:	aptitude and attitude derive from Latin aptitudo 'fitness,' the first through French, the second through a French borrowing of Italian attitudine

Example Sentences

The inability to agree on the principles that underlie our beliefs is at the root of our political discord.

So also does it seek to inform students but not ask that they conform to the religious beliefs and practices under discussion.

But that doesn't mean that an atheist's beliefs should be any more off-limits to public scrutiny than a religious candidate's.

The inability to agree on the principles that underlie our beliefs is at the root of our political discord.

So also does it seek to inform students but not ask that they conform to the religious beliefs and practices under discussion.

But that doesn't mean that an atheist's beliefs should be any more off-limits to public scrutiny than a religious candidate's.

Temba's courage comes partly from his religious beliefs.

If a non-believer has no beliefs there's nothing forbidding him to do the immoral or unkind.

Failure was not part of their convictions as long as they followed their doctrinal beliefs.

He doesn't know whether they opt out for religious beliefs or some other reason, but the school doesn't press for answers.

Obviously not all church-connected colleges insist on exact subscription to their own particular beliefs.

As a matter of principle the majority should be as accommodating as possible without having to violate their own beliefs.

Ancient peoples attached beliefs and myths to figures they saw in the stars.

Our choices depend on our beliefs and our choices always have consequences.

Imposing one's beliefs on another people or nation at the cost of destroying their culture can hardly be justified.

However, it is hard to tell if this tendency is a result of their findings or of the author's pre-existing beliefs.

In other words, it protects individuals-not religions, or any other set of beliefs.

At best educating children about religious beliefs belongs in social studies alongside the study of various religious beliefs.

All scientific discoveries outrageously violating deeply held religious beliefs.

We have only begun to envision a world where mythological beliefs are unnecessary.

One can be an atheist and a humanist, or an atheist and a nihilist, or subscribe to any number of other beliefs.

Deeply held beliefs make it easy to accept the absurd.

He carried his beliefs with him into his professional life as a doctor and surgeon.

The way forward is, and has always been, to subject all beliefs to scientific inquiry.

Those who hold such beliefs will attribute their happiness and spiritual well-being to them.

They're in a minority and they're suffering for their beliefs.

People's beliefs say more about them, then they say anything about the truth of this life.

Such beliefs are purely hypothetical, and therefore based on blind faith that prove nothing.

What may be changing is that the country is getting a little more intense in its religious beliefs.

From political views to personal style, each of us has a set of preferences and beliefs that make up our sense of self.

There are too many permutations of beliefs to form a coherent centrist party.

Beliefs about beliefs: representation and constraining function of wrong beliefs in young children's understanding of deception.

That's what was asked for, not a political statement of beliefs regarding women and health, etc etc.

Nutritionists fight local beliefs about the dish's merits.

He was also politically involved, he cared about the world and put his beliefs out there.

The vast majority of them are not violent, nor are their beliefs the root of violence for those who do commit violence.

These treat apostates as sinners to be punished, not individuals with a right to their own beliefs.

They spend much of their time sharing their beliefs with outsiders.

Connell's pacifist beliefs began to dovetail with an interest in curbing any potential use of biological weapons.

Africans tend to be shy of their beliefs and do not discuss them easily with outsiders.

Some fundamental beliefs of people who practice this religion are.

In their approach, being modern implies not only a lack of traditional beliefs but also a need for free expression.

Braun denied being on a fishing expedition intended to expose faculty members' political beliefs or activities.

Phones and religious beliefs do not always mix smoothly, however.

Both sides made efforts to convince other countries to align with their beliefs while discrediting the beliefs of the other side.

Beliefs guide me in my selection of what to research.

The segments are usually based on factors such as demographics, beliefs or the occasion of use of the product.

Find out more about the world's major religions, their basic beliefs and followers, and where they are found.

When this harmony breaks down, people often develop contradictory beliefs.

Creationists and intelligent-design boosters have a guerrilla tactic to undermine textbooks that don't jibe with their beliefs.

But they do not hold the same beliefs about male scientists with kids.

Students will also look at how people with different beliefs celebrate winter holidays.

America doesn't need more political officials who skew science to fit personal beliefs.

The advocate is well aware of my beliefs and has already completed his paperwork and shared it with.

Pragmatists say that beliefs should be judged by their.

Today they are seen as a sign of intense commitment to embracing the practice and beliefs of traditional tattooing.

They have also led to beliefs that there is a hard limit on the amount of renewables that can be added to a grid.

The persistence of the crocodile turned our cherished beliefs about life's progress on it's head.

The economists offer a final piece of evidence that suggests that agricultural history still affects people's beliefs.

The discovery confounds earlier beliefs about human expansion, and raises the question of who colonized the hostile north.

Most people seem to create their scientific beliefs based on religious and political ideology.

These beliefs systems simply lend themselves more coherently towards those forms of government cheers tim.

Beliefs about the characteristics of those in poverty have also changed.

If confirmed, the signs of sacrifice could raise intriguing questions about the beliefs of the site's former inhabitants.

Clearly they have decided to believe in a fantasy world that fits their conspiratorial beliefs.

We will believe almost anything to keep our beliefs from being wrong.

Part of the explanation appears to be that beliefs are disproportionately affected by lived experience.

Half her life is determined by economic compulsions, the other by patriarchal beliefs.

His current work focuses on how the emotion of disgust shapes moral and political beliefs.

We believe her religious beliefs are sincerely held.

Both his experience and beliefs made such criticism seem patronising.

Wrestling also has connections with fertility rites, ancestral worship, and animistic beliefs.

The rest is speculation based on secular humanistic beliefs.

Had he been born in another era, he could scarcely have acted on his beliefs.

The things people reach for to reinforce their beliefs.

The people are raw and free-animism and black magic form the foundation of their beliefs.

Inform students that both sides felt so threatened by the other's beliefs that they prepared for war.

Main Entry:	certainty
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	positive assurance
Synonyms:	all sewn up, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, setup, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet, sure thing, surefire, sureness, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up
Antonyms:	ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	contention
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	argument for idea
Synonyms:	advancement, affirmation, allegation, assertion, asseveration, avowal, belief, charge, claim, contestation, declaration, demurrer, deposition, discussion, explanation, ground, hurrah, hypothesis, idea, maintaining, opinion, plea, position, predication, profession, rumpus, stand, thesis, view

Main Entry:	credence
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	trust, acceptance
Synonyms:	accepting, admission, admitting, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, credit, dependence, faith, reliance, stock, store
Antonyms:	distrust, faithlessness

Main Entry:	credit
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	recognition; trust
Synonyms:	Brownie points, acclaim, acknowledgment, approval, attention, belief, commendation, confidence, credence, distinction, faith, fame, glory, honor, kudos*, merit, notice, pat on the back, points, praise, reliance, strokes, thanks, tribute
Antonyms:	disacknowledgement, disapproval, disbelief, disclaimer, discredit, dishonor, disregard, disrespect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	dependence/dependency
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	confidence, reliance
Synonyms:	assurance, belief, credence, expectation, faith, hope, interdependence, responsibility, responsibleness, stability, steadiness, stock, trust, trustiness, trustworthiness
Antonyms:	freedom, independence, strength

Main Entry:	doctrine
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	opinion; principle
Synonyms:	article, article of faith, attitude, axiom, basic, belief, canon, concept, convention, conviction, credenda, creed, declaration, dogma, fundamental, gospel, implantation, inculcation, indoctrination, instruction, position, precept, pronouncement, propaganda, proposition, regulation, rule, statement, teaching, tenet, tradition, universal law, unwritten rule
Antonyms:	disbelief, heterodoxy, skepticism, unbelief

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